How To Install perl-DBD-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-DBD-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8. perl-DBD-MySQL is A MySQL interface for Perl

Introduction

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

What is perl-DBD-MySQL

DBD other words and the MySQL programming API that comes with the MySQL relational database management system.

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

Install perl-DBD-MySQL 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-DBD-MySQL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-DBD-MySQL

Install perl-DBD-MySQL 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-DBD-MySQL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-DBD-MySQL

How To Uninstall perl-DBD-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-DBD-MySQL

perl-DBD-MySQL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/90370a69e7585dd579282d44008decfc865ed4
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Bundle/DBD/mysql.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql/GetInfo.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/mysql
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-DBD-MySQL/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-DBD-MySQL
/usr/share/licenses/perl-DBD-MySQL/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Bundle::DBD::mysql.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DBD::mysql.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/DBD::mysql::INSTALL.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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