How To Install perl-Data-Float on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Data-Float on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Data-Float is Details of the floating point data type

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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-Data-Float using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Data-Float

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Data-Float

How To Uninstall perl-Data-Float on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Data-Float

perl-Data-Float Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Float
/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Float/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Data-Float/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Data::Float.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Data
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Data/Float.pm

References

Summary

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