How To Install perl-File-Listing on CentOS 8

perl-File-Listing is Parse directory listing

Introduction

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

What is `perl-File-Listing`

This module exports a single function called parse_dir(), which can be used to parse directory listings.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-Listing

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

sudo yum -y install perl-File-Listing

How To Uninstall perl-File-Listing on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-File-Listing

perl-File-Listing Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Listing
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Listing/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Listing/README
/usr/share/man/man3/File::Listing.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/Listing.pm

References

perl-File-Listing website

Summary

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