How To Install perl-srpm-macros.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-srpm-macros.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-srpm-macros.noarch is RPM macros for building Perl source package from source repository

Introduction

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

What is perl-srpm-macros.noarch

These RPM macros are used for building Perl source packages from source repositories. They influence build-requires set into the source package.

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

Install perl-srpm-macros.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-srpm-macros.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-srpm-macros.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-srpm-macros.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove perl-srpm-macros.noarch

perl-srpm-macros.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/rpm/macros.perl-srpm

References

Summary

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