How To Install perl-CPAN-Changes on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Changes on Rocky Linux 8. perl-CPAN-Changes is Read and write Changes files

Introduction

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

What is `perl-CPAN-Changes`

It is standard practice to include a Changes file in your distribution. The purpose of the Changes file is to help a user figure out what has changed since the last release. People have devised many ways to write the Changes file. A preliminary specification has been created (CPAN authors to write clear and concise Changes. This module will help users programmatically read and write Changes files that conform to the specification.

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

Install perl-CPAN-Changes 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-CPAN-Changes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPAN-Changes

Install perl-CPAN-Changes 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-CPAN-Changes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-Changes

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-Changes on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-CPAN-Changes

perl-CPAN-Changes Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tidy_changelog
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes/README
/usr/share/man/man1/tidy_changelog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes::Group.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes::Release.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes::Spec.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Test::CPAN::Changes.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes/Group.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes/Release.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes/Spec.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test/CPAN/Changes.pm

References

perl-CPAN-Changes website

Summary

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