How To Install perl-File-Which on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-Which on CentOS 7. perl-File-Which is Portable implementation of the ‘which’ utility

Introduction

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

What is perl-File-Which

File can be used to get the absolute filename of an executable program installed somewhere in your PATH, or just check for its existence. It includes the command-line utility ‘pwhich’ which has the same function as ‘which’.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-File-Which

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-Which

How To Uninstall perl-File-Which on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-File-Which

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Summary

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