How To Install perl-CPANPLUS on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPANPLUS on CentOS 7. perl-CPANPLUS is Ameliorated interface to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

Introduction

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

What is perl-CPANPLUS

The CPANPLUS library is an API to the CPAN mirrors and a collection of interactive shells, command line programs, etc., that use this API.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-CPANPLUS

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-CPANPLUS

How To Uninstall perl-CPANPLUS on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-CPANPLUS

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Summary

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