How To Install perl-Fedora-VSP on CentOS 8

perl-Fedora-VSP is Perl version normalization for RPM

Introduction

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

What is perl-Fedora-VSP

This module provides functions for normalizing Perl version strings for Red Hat Package (RPM) based Linux distributions.

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

Install perl-Fedora-VSP 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-Fedora-VSP using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Fedora-VSP

Install perl-Fedora-VSP 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-Fedora-VSP using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Fedora-VSP

How To Uninstall perl-Fedora-VSP on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Fedora-VSP

perl-Fedora-VSP Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/licenses/perl-Fedora-VSP
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Fedora-VSP/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man3/Fedora::VSP.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Fedora
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Fedora/VSP.pm

References

Summary

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