How To Install perl-Bencode on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Bencode on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Bencode is BitTorrent serialization format

Introduction

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

What is perl-Bencode

This module implements the BitTorrent bencode serialization format as described in http

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Bencode

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Bencode

How To Uninstall perl-Bencode on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Bencode

perl-Bencode Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Bencode
/usr/share/doc/perl-Bencode/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Bencode/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Bencode
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Bencode/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Bencode.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Bencode.pm

References

Summary

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