How To Install perl-File-Slurp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Slurp on CentOS 8.
What is perl-File-Slurp
This module provides subs that allow you to read or write entire files with one simple call. They are designed to be simple to use, have flexible ways to pass in or get the file contents and to be very efficient. There is also a sub to read in all the files in a directory other than . and .. These slurp/spew subs work for files, pipes and sockets, and stdio, pseudo-files, and DATA.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-File-Slurp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-File-Slurp.
Install perl-File-Slurp 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-Slurp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-File-Slurp
Install perl-File-Slurp 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-Slurp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-File-Slurp
How To Uninstall perl-File-Slurp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-File-Slurp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-File-Slurp
perl-File-Slurp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/extras
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/extras/FileSlurp_12.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/extras/slurp_article.pod
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-Slurp/extras/slurp_bench.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/File::Slurp.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/Slurp.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Slurp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.