How To Install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 7. perl-Devel-REPL is Modern perl interactive shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Devel-REPL

This is an interactive shell for Perl, commonly known as a REPL - Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop. The shell provides for rapid development or testing of code without the need to create a temporary source code file.

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

Install perl-Devel-REPL 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-Devel-REPL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Devel-REPL

Install perl-Devel-REPL 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-Devel-REPL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Devel-REPL

How To Uninstall perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Devel-REPL

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Summary

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