How To Install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7. perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo is Extract distribution name and version from a distribution filename

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7.

What is perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

Many online services that are centered around CPAN attempt to associate multiple uploads by extracting a distribution name from the filename of the upload. For most distributions this is easy as they have used ExtUtils distribution, which results in a uniform name. But sadly not all uploads are created in this way. CPAN http version from filenames and also report if the version is to be treated as a developer release.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo.

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

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.