How To Install perl-Date-Calc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Date-Calc on CentOS 8.
What is perl-Date-Calc
The library provides all sorts of date calculations based on the Gregorian calendar (the one used in all western countries today), thereby complying with all relevant norms and standards 2015-1971, DIN 1355 and, to some extent, ISO 8601 (where applicable).
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Date-Calc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Date-Calc.
Install perl-Date-Calc 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-Date-Calc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Date-Calc
Install perl-Date-Calc 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-Date-Calc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Date-Calc
How To Uninstall perl-Date-Calc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-Date-Calc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Date-Calc
perl-Date-Calc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-Date-Calc
/usr/share/doc/perl-Date-Calc/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/perl-Date-Calc/CREDITS.txt
/usr/share/doc/perl-Date-Calc/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Date-Calc
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Date-Calc/Artistic.txt
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Date-Calc/GNU_GPL.txt
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Date-Calc/GNU_LGPL.txt
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calc.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calc::Object.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calc::PP.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calendar.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calendar::Profiles.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Date::Calendar::Year.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc/Object.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc/Object.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc/PP.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calc/PP.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar/Profiles.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar/Profiles.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar/Year.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Date/Calendar/Year.pod
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Date-Calc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.