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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-perl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pidgin-perl.x86_64 is Perl scripting support for Pidgin

Introduction

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

What is `pidgin-perl.x86_64`

Perl plugin loader for Pidgin. This package will allow you to write or use Pidgin plugins written in the Perl programming language.

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

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

sudo yum -y install pidgin-perl.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove pidgin-perl.x86_64

pidgin-perl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/pidgin/perl
/usr/lib64/pidgin/perl/Pidgin.pm
/usr/lib64/pidgin/perl/auto
/usr/lib64/pidgin/perl/auto/Pidgin
/usr/lib64/pidgin/perl/auto/Pidgin/Pidgin.so
/usr/share/man/man3/Pidgin.3pm.gz

References

pidgin-perl.x86_64 website

Summary

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