How To Install perl-File-ShareDir on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-ShareDir on Rocky Linux 8. perl-File-ShareDir is Locate per-dist and per-module shared files

Introduction

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

What is perl-File-ShareDir

The intent of File and File advanced Perl developers but gets a little tricky, and make it more available to the larger Perl community.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-ShareDir

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

sudo yum -y install perl-File-ShareDir

How To Uninstall perl-File-ShareDir on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-File-ShareDir

perl-File-ShareDir Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-File-ShareDir
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-ShareDir/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-ShareDir/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-ShareDir
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-ShareDir/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/File::ShareDir.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/File/ShareDir.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/dist
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/dist/File-ShareDir
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/dist/File-ShareDir/sample.txt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/dist/File-ShareDir/subdir
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/dist/File-ShareDir/subdir/sample.txt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/module
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/module/File-ShareDir
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/share/module/File-ShareDir/test_file.txt

References

Summary

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