How To Install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-cpan-patch in Fedora 36. git-cpan-patch is Patch CPAN modules using Git

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36.

What is `git-cpan-patch`

git-cpan-patch provides a suite of git commands aimed at making trivially easy the process of grabbing any distribution off CPAN, stuffing it in a local git repository and, once gleeful hacking has been perpetrated, sending back patches to its maintainer.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-cpan-patch.

Install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-cpan-patch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-cpan-patch

Install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install git-cpan-patch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-cpan-patch

How To Uninstall git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the git-cpan-patch package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-cpan-patch

git-cpan-patch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/libexec/git-core
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-cpan
/usr/share/doc/git-cpan-patch
/usr/share/doc/git-cpan-patch/AUTHOR_PLEDGE
/usr/share/doc/git-cpan-patch/Changes
/usr/share/doc/git-cpan-patch/README.mkdn
/usr/share/licenses/git-cpan-patch
/usr/share/licenses/git-cpan-patch/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/git-cpan.1.gz

References

git-cpan-patch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-cpan-patch on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).