How To Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref in Fedora 36. perl-UNIVERSAL-ref is Turns ref() into a multimethod

Introduction

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

What is `perl-UNIVERSAL-ref`

This module changes the behavior of the builtin function ref(). If ref() is called on an object that has requested an overloaded ref, the object’s ‘->ref’ method will be called and its return value used instead.

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

Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref 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-UNIVERSAL-ref using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref 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-UNIVERSAL-ref using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

How To Uninstall perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

perl-UNIVERSAL-ref Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/dd3a8921fab95d7b8a5855d62b068381566ec2
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL/ref.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL/ref
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL/ref/ref.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref/README
/usr/share/man/man3/UNIVERSAL::ref.3pm.gz

References

perl-UNIVERSAL-ref website

Summary

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