How To Install perl-PatchReader on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-PatchReader in Fedora 36. perl-PatchReader is Utilities to read and manipulate patches and CVS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-PatchReader on Fedora 36.

What is perl-PatchReader

PatchReader is a set of utilities for reading in, transforming, and doing various other things with a patch. It basically allows you to create a chain of readers that can read a patch, remove files from a patch, add CVS context, fix up the patch root according to CVS, and output the patch as raw unified or through a template processor (used in some places to output a patch as HTML).

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

Install perl-PatchReader 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-PatchReader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-PatchReader

Install perl-PatchReader 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-PatchReader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-PatchReader

How To Uninstall perl-PatchReader on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-PatchReader package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-PatchReader

perl-PatchReader Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-PatchReader
/usr/share/doc/perl-PatchReader/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-PatchReader/README
/usr/share/man/man3/PatchReader.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/AddCVSContext.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/Base.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/CVSClient.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/DiffPrinter
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/DiffPrinter/raw.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/DiffPrinter/template.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/FilterPatch.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/FixPatchRoot.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/NarrowPatch.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/PatchInfoGrabber.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/PatchReader/Raw.pm

References

Summary

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