How To Install perl-BerkeleyDB on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-BerkeleyDB on Rocky Linux 8. perl-BerkeleyDB is Interface to Berkeley DB

Introduction

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

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 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-BerkeleyDB.

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-BerkeleyDB

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

sudo yum -y install perl-BerkeleyDB

How To Uninstall perl-BerkeleyDB on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-BerkeleyDB

perl-BerkeleyDB Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dbinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/7ee5d37e535bd000ff46d070e78a69ccffb6d5
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BerkeleyDB
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BerkeleyDB.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BerkeleyDB.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BerkeleyDB/Btree.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/BerkeleyDB/Hash.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BerkeleyDB
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-BerkeleyDB
/usr/share/doc/perl-BerkeleyDB/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-BerkeleyDB/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-BerkeleyDB/Todo
/usr/share/man/man3/BerkeleyDB.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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