How To Install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8.
What is perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl
writemain() takes an argument list of directories containing archive libraries that relate to perl modules and should be linked into a new perl binary. It writes a corresponding perlmain.c file that is a plain C file containing all the bootstrap code to make the If the first argument to writemain() is a reference to a scalar it is used as the file name to open for output. Any other reference is used as the file handle to write to. Otherwise output defaults to STDOUT.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl.
Install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl 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-ExtUtils-Miniperl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl
Install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl 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-ExtUtils-Miniperl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl
How To Uninstall perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl
perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/man/man3/ExtUtils::Miniperl.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/ExtUtils
/usr/share/perl5/ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.