How To Install znc-modperl on CentOS 8

znc-modperl is Perl module for ZNC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-modperl on CentOS 8.

What is znc-modperl

Perl module for ZNC.

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

Install znc-modperl 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 znc-modperl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install znc-modperl

Install znc-modperl 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 znc-modperl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install znc-modperl

How To Uninstall znc-modperl on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the znc-modperl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove znc-modperl

znc-modperl Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/297348474d808a8fe4a4a2f7545363beb4ad3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/190cd20d7e5b43a80e2be13750cbff1a916b77
/usr/lib64/znc/modperl
/usr/lib64/znc/modperl.so
/usr/lib64/znc/modperl/ZNC.pm
/usr/lib64/znc/modperl/ZNC.so
/usr/lib64/znc/modperl/startup.pl
/usr/lib64/znc/perleval.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-modperl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.