How To Install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Encode-Locale

In many applications it’s wise to let Perl use Unicode for the strings it processes. Most of the interfaces Perl has to the outside world is still byte based. Programs therefore needs to decode byte strings that enter the program from the outside and encode them again on the way out.

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

Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Encode-Locale

Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Encode-Locale

How To Uninstall perl-Encode-Locale on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Encode-Locale package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Encode-Locale

References

• perl-Encode-Locale website

Summary

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