How To Install perl-Net-Ping-External on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-Ping-External in Fedora 36. perl-Net-Ping-External is Cross-platform interface to ICMP “ping” utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-Ping-External on Fedora 36.

What is perl-Net-Ping-External

Net many systems. It presently provides a single function, ping(), that takes in a hostname and (optionally) a timeout and returns true if the host is alive, and false otherwise. Unless you have the ability (and willingness) to run your scripts as the superuser on your system, this module will probably provide more accurate results than Net

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

Install perl-Net-Ping-External 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 perl-Net-Ping-External using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Net-Ping-External

Install perl-Net-Ping-External 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 perl-Net-Ping-External using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Net-Ping-External

How To Uninstall perl-Net-Ping-External on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-Net-Ping-External package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Net-Ping-External

perl-Net-Ping-External Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-Ping-External
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-Ping-External/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-Ping-External/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-Ping-External/ToDo
/usr/share/man/man3/Net::Ping::External.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Net
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/Ping
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/Ping/External.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-Ping-External on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).