How To Install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8

perl-Config-Perl-V is Structured data retrieval of perl -V output

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Config-Perl-V

The command “perl -V” will return you an excerpt from the %Config hash combined with the output of “perl -V” that is not stored inside the hash, but only available to the perl binary itself. This package provides Perl module that will return you the output of “perl -V” in a structure.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Config-Perl-V.

Install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Config-Perl-V using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Config-Perl-V

Install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Config-Perl-V using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Config-Perl-V

How To Uninstall perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Config-Perl-V package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Config-Perl-V

perl-Config-Perl-V Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V
/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Config-Perl-V/examples/show-v.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Config::Perl::V.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Config
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Config/Perl
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Config/Perl/V.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Config-Perl-V on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.