How To Install perl-Curses on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Curses on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Curses is Perl bindings for ncurses

Introduction

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

What is perl-Curses

Perl bindings for ncurses, bringing terminal-independent character handling capabilities to Perl.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Curses

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Curses

How To Uninstall perl-Curses on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Curses

perl-Curses Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/e9dccecb86b5fb2907d7a40672e2e8f0d442ee
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Curses.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Curses
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Curses/Curses.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/Artistic
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/Copying
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/demo
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/demo.form
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/demo.menu
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/demo.panel
/usr/share/doc/perl-Curses/demo2
/usr/share/man/man3/Curses.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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