How To Install perl-Time-Fake on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-Fake in Fedora 36. perl-Time-Fake is Simulate different times without changing your system clock

Introduction

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

What is `perl-Time-Fake`

Use this module to achieve the effect of changing your system clock, but without actually changing your system clock. It overrides the Perl builtin subs time, localtime, and gmtime, causing them to return a “faked” time of your choice. From the script’s point of view, time still flows at the normal rate, but it is just offset as if it were executing in the past or present.

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

Install perl-Time-Fake 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-Time-Fake using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Time-Fake

Install perl-Time-Fake 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-Time-Fake using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Time-Fake

How To Uninstall perl-Time-Fake on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Time-Fake

perl-Time-Fake Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-Time-Fake
/usr/share/doc/perl-Time-Fake/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Time-Fake/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Time::Fake.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Time
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Time/Fake.pm

References

perl-Time-Fake website

Summary

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