How To Install perl-Exporter on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Exporter on CentOS 8.
What is perl-Exporter
The Exporter module implements an import method which allows a module to export functions and variables to its users’ name spaces. Many modules use Exporter rather than implementing their own import method because Exporter provides a highly flexible interface, with an implementation optimized for the common case.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Exporter on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Exporter.
Install perl-Exporter 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-Exporter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Exporter
Install perl-Exporter 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-Exporter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Exporter
How To Uninstall perl-Exporter on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-Exporter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Exporter
perl-Exporter Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter
/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Exporter/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Exporter.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Exporter::Heavy.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Exporter/Heavy.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Exporter on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.