How To Install perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 is Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

Introduction

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

What is `perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64`

Sys syslog() with a string priority and a list of printf() arguments just like at syslog(3).

We can use yum to install perl-Sys-Syslog.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-Sys-Syslog.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64

How To Uninstall perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64

perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys/Syslog.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Syslog
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.33
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.33/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.33/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.33/eg
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog-0.33/eg/syslog.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Sys::Syslog.3pm.gz

References

perl-Sys-Syslog.x86_64 website

Summary

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