How To Install perl-DBD-MySQL on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-DBD-MySQL on CentOS 8.
What is perl-DBD-MySQL
DBD other words and the MySQL programming API that comes with the MySQL relational database management system.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-DBD-MySQL on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-DBD-MySQL.
Install perl-DBD-MySQL 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-DBD-MySQL using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-DBD-MySQL
Install perl-DBD-MySQL 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-DBD-MySQL using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-DBD-MySQL
How To Uninstall perl-DBD-MySQL on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-DBD-MySQL package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-DBD-MySQL
perl-DBD-MySQL Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/773c9f8db3250fed8ba9dcf5ba208e2e8acd58
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql/GetInfo.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-DBD-MySQL
/usr/share/licenses/perl-DBD-MySQL/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Bundle::DBD::mysql.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DBD::mysql.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DBD::mysql::INSTALL.3pm.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-DBD-MySQL on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
