How To Install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Archive-Extract is Generic archive extracting mechanism

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-Archive-Extract`

Archive extract any archive file of the type .tar, .tar.gz, .gz, .Z, tar.bz2, .tbz, .bz2, .zip, .xz,, .txz, .tar.xz, or .lzma without having to worry how it does so, or use different interfaces for each type by using either perl modules, or command-line tools on your system.

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

Install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 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-Extract using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Archive-Extract

Install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 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-Extract using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Archive-Extract

How To Uninstall perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Archive-Extract

perl-Archive-Extract Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Extract
/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Extract/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Extract/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Archive::Extract.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive/Extract.pm

References

perl-Archive-Extract website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Extract on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.