How To Install perl-Data-Dumper on CentOS 8

perl-Data-Dumper is Stringify perl data structures, suitable for printing and eval

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Data-Dumper on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Data-Dumper

Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The content of each variable is output in a single Perl statement. Handles self-referential structures correctly.

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

Install perl-Data-Dumper 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-Data-Dumper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Data-Dumper

Install perl-Data-Dumper 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-Data-Dumper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Data-Dumper

How To Uninstall perl-Data-Dumper on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Data-Dumper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Data-Dumper

perl-Data-Dumper Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/c4504d7138e5f67d162254ecb270e4d90d61c9
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Data
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Data/Dumper.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Data
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Data/Dumper
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Data/Dumper/Dumper.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Dumper
/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Dumper/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Dumper/Todo
/usr/share/man/man3/Data::Dumper.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Data-Dumper on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.