How To Install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 8.
What is perl-Encode-Locale
In many applications it’s wise to let Perl use Unicode for the strings it processes. Most of the interfaces Perl has to the outside world is still byte based. Programs therefore needs to decode byte strings that enter the program from the outside and encode them again on the way out.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Encode-Locale.
Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Encode-Locale
Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Encode-Locale
How To Uninstall perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-Encode-Locale package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Encode-Locale
perl-Encode-Locale Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-Encode-Locale
/usr/share/doc/perl-Encode-Locale/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Encode-Locale/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Encode::Locale.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Encode
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Encode/Locale.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.