How To Install perl-Data-Float on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-Data-Float

This module is about the native floating point numerical data type. A floating point number is one of the types of datum that can appear in the numeric part of a Perl scalar. This module supplies constants describing the native floating point type, classification functions, and functions to manipulate floating point values at a low level.

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

Install perl-Data-Float 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-Data-Float using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Data-Float

Install perl-Data-Float 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-Data-Float using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Data-Float

How To Uninstall perl-Data-Float on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Data-Float

References

• perl-Data-Float website

Summary

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