How To Install perl-Filter.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Filter.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. perl-Filter.x86_64 is Perl source filters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Filter.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is perl-Filter.x86_64

Source filters alter the program text of a module before Perl sees it, much as a C preprocessor alters the source text of a C program before the compiler sees it.

We can use yum to install perl-Filter.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Filter.x86_64.

Install perl-Filter.x86_64 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-Filter.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Filter.x86_64

How To Uninstall perl-Filter.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-Filter.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-Filter.x86_64

perl-Filter.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/Util
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/Util/Call.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/Util/Exec.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/Util/filter-util.pl
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/Util/perlfilter.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/cpp.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/decrypt.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/exec.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/sh.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Filter/tee.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/Util
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/Util/Call
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/Util/Call/Call.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/Util/Exec
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/Util/Exec/Exec.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/decrypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/decrypt/decrypt.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/tee
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Filter/tee/tee.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/Count.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/Decompress.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/Include.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/Joe2Jim.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/NewSubst.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/Subst.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/closure/UUdecode.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/filtdef
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/filtuu
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/Count.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/Decompress.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/Joe2Jim.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/NewSubst.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/Subst.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-Filter-1.49/examples/method/UUdecode.pm
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::Util::Call.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::Util::Exec.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::Util::perlfilter.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::cpp.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::decrypt.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::exec.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::sh.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Filter::tee.3pm.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Filter.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.