How To Install perl-Want on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Want in Fedora 36. perl-Want is Perl module implementing a generalisation of wantarray

Introduction

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

What is `perl-Want`

This module generalises the mechanism of the wantarray function, allowing a function to determine in some detail how its return value is going to be immediately used.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Want

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Want

How To Uninstall perl-Want on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Want

perl-Want Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/099205be262733d640916cd836d8b3d51c9372
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Want.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Want
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Want/Want.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Want.3pm.gz

References

perl-Want website

Summary

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