How To Install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast on Rocky Linux 8. perl-GIS-Distance-Fast is C implementation of GIS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-GIS-Distance-Fast

This Perl module reimplements some, but not all, of the formulas that come with GIS much faster than the Perl equivalent.

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

Install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast 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-GIS-Distance-Fast using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast

Install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast 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-GIS-Distance-Fast using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast

How To Uninstall perl-GIS-Distance-Fast on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-GIS-Distance-Fast package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-GIS-Distance-Fast

perl-GIS-Distance-Fast Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/6a6ea3f22a9cc542972682e787359f507acc57
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/ALT.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/Cosine.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/GreatCircle.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/Haversine.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/Null.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/Polar.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GIS/Distance/Fast/Vincenty.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GIS
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GIS/Distance
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GIS/Distance/Fast
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GIS/Distance/Fast/Fast.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-GIS-Distance-Fast
/usr/share/doc/perl-GIS-Distance-Fast/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-GIS-Distance-Fast/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-GIS-Distance-Fast
/usr/share/licenses/perl-GIS-Distance-Fast/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::ALT.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::Cosine.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::GreatCircle.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::Haversine.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::Null.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::Polar.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GIS::Distance::Fast::Vincenty.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-GIS-Distance-Fast on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.