How To Install perl-Expect on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Expect on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Expect is Expect for Perl

Introduction

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

What is `perl-Expect`

This module provides Expect-like functionality to Perl. Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Expect on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Expect.

Install perl-Expect 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-Expect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Expect

Install perl-Expect 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-Expect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Expect

How To Uninstall perl-Expect on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Expect

perl-Expect Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/README.md
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/calc.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/expect_calc.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/kibitz
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/kibitz/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/kibitz/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/kibitz/kibitz
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/kibitz/kibitz.man
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/examples/ssh.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/1.A.Intro
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/2.A.ftp
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/2.B.rlogin
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/3.A.debugging
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/4.A.top
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/5.A.top
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/5.B.top
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/6.A.smtp-verify
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/6.B.modem-init
/usr/share/doc/perl-Expect/tutorial/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Expect
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Expect/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Expect.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Expect.pm

References

perl-Expect website

Summary

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