How To Install epylog-perl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog-perl on CentOS 7. epylog-perl is Perl module for writing external Epylog modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog-perl on CentOS 7.

What is epylog-perl

This package provides a perl module for epylog. It is useful for writing epylog modules that use external module API. No modules shipping with epylog by default use that API, so install this only if you are using external perl modules, or intend to write some of your own.

We can use yum or dnf to install epylog-perl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epylog-perl.

Install epylog-perl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install epylog-perl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install epylog-perl

Install epylog-perl on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install epylog-perl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install epylog-perl

How To Uninstall epylog-perl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove epylog-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog-perl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.