How To Install perl-Getopt-Long on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Getopt-Long on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Getopt-Long is Extended processing of command line options

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Getopt-Long on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-Getopt-Long`

The Getopt GetOptions(). It parses the command line from @ARGV, recognizing and removing specified options and their possible values. It adheres to the POSIX syntax for command line options, with GNU extensions. In general, this means that options have long names instead of single letters, and are introduced with a double dash “–”. Support for bundling of command line options, as was the case with the more traditional single-letter approach, is provided but not enabled by default.

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

Install perl-Getopt-Long 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-Getopt-Long using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Getopt-Long

Install perl-Getopt-Long 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-Getopt-Long using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Getopt-Long

How To Uninstall perl-Getopt-Long on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Getopt-Long package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Getopt-Long

perl-Getopt-Long Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/parsetime.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel1.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel2.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel3.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Getopt-Long/examples/skel4.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Getopt::Long.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Getopt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Getopt/Long.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/newgetopt.pl

References

perl-Getopt-Long website

Summary

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