How To Install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on Rocky Linux 8.
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 intended for use in the Makefile.PL of perl extensions that 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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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-ExtUtils-PkgConfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
Install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig 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-ExtUtils-PkgConfig using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
How To Uninstall perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig
/usr/share/doc/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig/README
/usr/share/man/man3/ExtUtils::PkgConfig.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/ExtUtils
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/ExtUtils/PkgConfig.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.