How To Install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 8. perl-Devel-REPL is Modern perl interactive shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 8.

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. Through a plugin system, many features are available on demand. These plugins are available Completion CompletionDriver CompletionDriver DDC DDS Interrupt LexEnv MultiLine Nopaste PPI Refresh The plugins are available in standalone RPM packages. For example the MultiLine

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 8. 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 8 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 8 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 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Devel-REPL

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.