How To Install uuid-perl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-perl in Fedora 36. uuid-perl is Perl support for Universally Unique Identifier library

Introduction

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

What is `uuid-perl`

Perl OSSP uuid module.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install uuid-perl

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

sudo yum -y install uuid-perl

How To Uninstall uuid-perl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove uuid-perl

uuid-perl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/6a31b7b535d29ceb9cebb7d6e9fbd6f46817ef
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OSSP
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OSSP/uuid.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OSSP/uuid.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OSSP
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OSSP/uuid
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OSSP/uuid/uuid.so
/usr/share/man/man3/OSSP::uuid.3.gz

References

uuid-perl website

Summary

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