How To Install postgresql-plperl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-plperl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. postgresql-plperl.x86_64 is The Perl procedural language for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-plperl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `postgresql-plperl.x86_64`

The postgresql-plperl package contains the PL/Perl procedural language, which is an extension to the PostgreSQL database server. Install this if you want to write database functions in Perl.

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

Install postgresql-plperl.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 postgresql-plperl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postgresql-plperl.x86_64

How To Uninstall postgresql-plperl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the postgresql-plperl.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove postgresql-plperl.x86_64

postgresql-plperl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/pgsql/plperl.so
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-9.2.mo
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl--unpackaged--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl.control
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu--unpackaged--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu.control

References

postgresql-plperl.x86_64 website

Summary

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