How To Install perl-DBD-Pg on CentOS 8

perl-DBD-Pg is A PostgreSQL interface for perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-DBD-Pg on CentOS 8.

What is perl-DBD-Pg

DBD to PostgreSQL databases.

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

Install perl-DBD-Pg 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-Pg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-DBD-Pg

Install perl-DBD-Pg 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-Pg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-DBD-Pg

How To Uninstall perl-DBD-Pg on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-DBD-Pg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-DBD-Pg

perl-DBD-Pg Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/83f67b623017ae888a9e4be687b768c3d0d88b
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle/DBD/Pg.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/Pg.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/Pg
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/Pg/Pg.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-Pg
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-Pg/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-Pg/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-Pg/README.dev
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-Pg/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/Bundle::DBD::Pg.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DBD::Pg.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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