How To Install perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Exporter.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-Exporter.noarch is Implements default import method for modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `perl-Exporter.noarch`

The Exporter module implements an import method which allows a module to export functions and variables to its users’ name spaces. Many modules use Exporter rather than implementing their own import method because Exporter provides a highly flexible interface, with an implementation optimized for the common case.

We can use yum to install perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Exporter.noarch.

Install perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Exporter.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Exporter.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-Exporter.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-Exporter.noarch

perl-Exporter.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter-5.68
/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter-5.68/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter-5.68/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Exporter.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Exporter::Heavy.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter/Heavy.pm

References

perl-Exporter.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Exporter.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.