How To Install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Any-Lite in AlmaLinux 8. perl-Archive-Any-Lite is Simple CPAN package extractor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8.

What is perl-Archive-Any-Lite

This is a fork of Archive difference is that this works properly even when you fork(), and may require less memory to extract a tarball. On the other hand, this isn’t pluggable (it only supports file formats used in the CPAN toolchains), and it doesn’t check MIME types.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Archive-Any-Lite.

Install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Archive-Any-Lite

Install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Archive-Any-Lite

How To Uninstall perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Archive-Any-Lite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Archive-Any-Lite

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Any-Lite on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.