How To Install perl-devel on CentOS 8

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Introduction

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

What is `perl-devel`

This package contains header files and development modules. Most perl packages will need to install perl-devel to build. perl-devel 4 5.26.3 419.el8 x86_64 599 k perl-5.26.3-419.el8.src.rpm appstream Header #files for use in perl development http (GPL+ or Artistic) and UCD This package contains header files and development modules. Most perl packages will need to install perl-devel to build.

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

Install perl-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-devel

Install perl-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-devel

How To Uninstall perl-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-devel

perl-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/h2xs
/usr/bin/perlivp
/usr/lib/libperl.so
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/EXTERN.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/INTERN.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/XSUB.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/av.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/bitcount.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/charclass_invlists.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/config.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/cop.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/cv.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/dosish.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/dquote_inline.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/ebcdic_tables.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/embed.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/embedvar.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/fakesdio.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/feature.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/form.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/git_version.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/gv.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/handy.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/hv.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/hv_func.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/inline.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/intrpvar.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/invlist_inline.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/iperlsys.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/keywords.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/l1_char_class_tab.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/malloc_ctl.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/metaconfig.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/mg.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/mg_data.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/mg_raw.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/mg_vtable.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/mydtrace.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/nostdio.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/op.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/op_reg_common.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/opcode.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/opnames.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/overload.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/pad.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/parser.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/patchlevel.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perl.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perlapi.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perldtrace.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perlio.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perliol.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perlsdio.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perlvars.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/perly.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/pp.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/pp_proto.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/proto.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/reentr.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/regcharclass.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/regcomp.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/regexp.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/regnodes.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/scope.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/sv.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/thread.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/time64.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/time64_config.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/uconfig.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/unicode_constants.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/unixish.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/utf8.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/utfebcdic.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/util.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/uudmap.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/vutil.h
/usr/lib/perl5/CORE/warnings.h
/usr/share/doc/perl-devel
/usr/share/doc/perl-devel/perl-example.stp
/usr/share/man/man1/h2xs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlivp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxstut.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxstypemap.1.gz
/usr/share/systemtap
/usr/share/systemtap/tapset
/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/libperl5.26.3-32.stp
/usr/bin/h2xs
/usr/bin/perlivp
/usr/lib64/libperl.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/EXTERN.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/INTERN.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/XSUB.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/av.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/bitcount.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/charclass_invlists.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/config.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/cop.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/cv.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/dosish.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/dquote_inline.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/ebcdic_tables.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/embed.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/embedvar.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/fakesdio.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/feature.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/form.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/git_version.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/gv.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/handy.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/hv.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/hv_func.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/inline.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/intrpvar.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/invlist_inline.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/iperlsys.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/keywords.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/l1_char_class_tab.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/malloc_ctl.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/metaconfig.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/mg.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/mg_data.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/mg_raw.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/mg_vtable.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/mydtrace.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/nostdio.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/op.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/op_reg_common.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/opcode.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/opnames.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/overload.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/pad.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/parser.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/patchlevel.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perl.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perlapi.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perldtrace.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perlio.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perliol.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perlsdio.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perlvars.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/perly.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/pp.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/pp_proto.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/proto.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/reentr.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/regcharclass.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/regcomp.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/regexp.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/regnodes.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/scope.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/sv.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/thread.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/time64.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/time64_config.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/uconfig.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/unicode_constants.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/unixish.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/utf8.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/utfebcdic.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/util.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/uudmap.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/vutil.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/warnings.h
/usr/share/doc/perl-devel
/usr/share/doc/perl-devel/perl-example.stp
/usr/share/man/man1/h2xs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlivp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxstut.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/perlxstypemap.1.gz
/usr/share/systemtap
/usr/share/systemtap/tapset
/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/libperl5.26.3-64.stp

References

[perl-devel website](http://www.perl.org/ http://www.perl.org/)

Summary

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