How To Install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML on CentOS 8

perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML is Read and write a subset of YAML for CPAN Meta files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML on CentOS 8.

What is perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML

This module implements a subset of the YAML specification for use in reading and writing CPAN metadata files like META.yml and MYMETA.yml. It should not be used for any other general YAML parsing or generation task.

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

Install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML 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-CPAN-Meta-YAML using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML

Install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML 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-CPAN-Meta-YAML using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML

perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML
/usr/share/licenses/perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Meta::YAML.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Meta
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Meta/YAML.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.