How To Install perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch is Hack around people calling UNIVERSAL

Introduction

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

What is `perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch`

The UNIVERSAL class provides a few default methods so that all objects can use them. Object orientation allows programmers to override these methods in subclasses to provide more specific and appropriate behavior. Some authors call methods in the UNIVERSAL class on potential invocants as functions, bypassing any possible overriding. This is wrong and you should not do it. Unfortunately, not everyone heeds this warning and their bad code can break your good code.

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

Install perl-UNIVERSAL-can.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-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch

perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-can-1.20120726
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-can-1.20120726/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-can-1.20120726/README
/usr/share/man/man3/UNIVERSAL::can.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL/can.pm

References

perl-UNIVERSAL-can.noarch website

Summary

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