How To Install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on CentOS 7.
What is perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
The pkg-config program retrieves information about installed libraries, usually for the purposes of compiling against and linking to them. ExtUtils utility, intended for use in the Makefile.PL of perl extensions which bind libraries that pkg-config knows. It is really just boilerplate code that you would’ve written yourself.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig.
Install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig 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-ExtUtils-PkgConfig using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
Install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig 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-ExtUtils-PkgConfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
How To Uninstall perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
