How To Install perl-File-Edit-Portable on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Edit-Portable on CentOS 7. perl-File-Edit-Portable is Read and write files while keeping the original line-endings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Edit-Portable on CentOS 7.

What is perl-File-Edit-Portable

The default behavior of perl is to read and write files using the Operating System’s (OS) default record separator (line ending). If you open a file on an OS where the record separators are that of another OS, things can and do break.

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

Install perl-File-Edit-Portable 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-File-Edit-Portable using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-File-Edit-Portable

Install perl-File-Edit-Portable 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-File-Edit-Portable using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-Edit-Portable

How To Uninstall perl-File-Edit-Portable on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-File-Edit-Portable package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-File-Edit-Portable

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Edit-Portable on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.