How To Install perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7.
What is perl-BerkeleyDB
BerkeleyDB is a module that allows Perl programs to make use of the facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 2 or greater (note if you want to use version 1 of Berkeley DB with Perl you need the DB_File module). Berkeley DB is a C library that provides a consistent interface to a number of database formats. BerkeleyDB provides an interface to all four of the database types (hash, btree, queue and recno) currently supported by Berkeley DB.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-BerkeleyDB.
Install perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install perl-BerkeleyDB using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-BerkeleyDB
Install perl-BerkeleyDB 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 perl-BerkeleyDB using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-BerkeleyDB
How To Uninstall perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-BerkeleyDB package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-BerkeleyDB
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-BerkeleyDB on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
