How To Install perl-Time-y2038 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-y2038 in Fedora 36. perl-Time-y2038 is Versions of Perl’s time functions which work beyond 2038

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-y2038 on Fedora 36.

What is perl-Time-y2038

On many computers, Perl’s time functions will not work past the year 2038. This is a design fault in the underlying C libraries Perl uses. Time provides replacements for those functions, which will work accurately +/1 142 million years.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Time-y2038 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Time-y2038.

Install perl-Time-y2038 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-y2038 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Time-y2038

Install perl-Time-y2038 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-y2038 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Time-y2038

How To Uninstall perl-Time-y2038 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-Time-y2038 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Time-y2038

perl-Time-y2038 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/dc495feffa8c6655fa3a3d438ca81ef9de904d
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Time
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Time/y2038
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Time/y2038.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Time/y2038/Everywhere.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Time
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Time/y2038
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Time/y2038/y2038.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Time-y2038
/usr/share/doc/perl-Time-y2038/Changes
/usr/share/man/man3/Time::y2038.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Time::y2038::Everywhere.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-y2038 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).