How To Install perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Config-General in AlmaLinux 8. perl-Config-General is Generic configuration module for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8.

What is perl-Config-General

This module opens a config file and parses its contents for you. After parsing the module returns a hash structure which contains the representation of the config file. The format of config files supported by Config the well known Apache config format, in fact, this module is 100% read-compatible with Apache config files, but you can also just use simple name/value pairs in your config files. In addition to the capabilities of an Apache config file it supports some enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments or multiline options. It is also possible to save the config back to disk, which makes the module a perfect backend for configuration interfaces. It is possible to use variables in config files and there exists also support for object oriented access to the configuration.

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

Install perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Config-General using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Config-General

Install perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Config-General using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Config-General

How To Uninstall perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Config-General

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Config-General on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.