How To Install perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements on CentOS 7. perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements is Set of version requirements for a CPAN dist

Introduction

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

What is perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements

A CPAN constraints like those specified in the META.yml or META.json files in CPAN distributions. It can be built up by adding more and more constraints, and it will reduce them to the simplest representation.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements

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Summary

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