How To Install perl-Getopt-Long on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Getopt-Long on CentOS 8.
What is perl-Getopt-Long
The Getopt GetOptions(). It parses the command line from @ARGV, recognizing and removing specified options and their possible values. It adheres to the POSIX syntax for command line options, with GNU extensions. In general, this means that options have long names instead of single letters, and are introduced with a double dash “–”. Support for bundling of command line options, as was the case with the more traditional single-letter approach, is provided but not enabled by default.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Getopt-Long on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Getopt-Long.
Install perl-Getopt-Long 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-Getopt-Long using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Getopt-Long
Install perl-Getopt-Long 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-Getopt-Long using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Getopt-Long
How To Uninstall perl-Getopt-Long on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-Getopt-Long package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Getopt-Long
perl-Getopt-Long Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/parsetime.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel1.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel2.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel3.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel4.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Getopt::Long.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Getopt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Getopt/Long.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/newgetopt.pl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Getopt-Long on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
