How To Install perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl on CentOS 8

perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl is Write the C code for perlmain.c

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.