How To Install perl-File-HomeDir on CentOS 8

perl-File-HomeDir is Find your home and other directories on any platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-HomeDir on CentOS 8.

What is perl-File-HomeDir

File by a user (typically your user) and to solve the various issues that arise trying to find them consistently across a wide variety of platforms.

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

Install perl-File-HomeDir 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-File-HomeDir using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-HomeDir

Install perl-File-HomeDir 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-File-HomeDir using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-File-HomeDir

How To Uninstall perl-File-HomeDir on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-File-HomeDir package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-File-HomeDir

perl-File-HomeDir Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-File-HomeDir
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-HomeDir/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-HomeDir/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-HomeDir
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-HomeDir/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin::Carbon.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Darwin::Cocoa.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Driver.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::FreeDesktop.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::MacOS9.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Test.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Unix.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/File::HomeDir::Windows.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Darwin
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Darwin.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Carbon.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Darwin/Cocoa.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Driver.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/FreeDesktop.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/MacOS9.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Test.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Unix.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/HomeDir/Windows.pm

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Summary

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