How To Install perl-HTML-Template on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-HTML-Template on CentOS 7. perl-HTML-Template is Perl module to use HTML Templates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-HTML-Template on CentOS 7.

What is perl-HTML-Template

This module attempts make using HTML templates simple and natural. It extends standard HTML with a few new HTML-esque tags - <TMPL_VAR>, <TMPL_LOOP>, <TMPL_INCLUDE>, <TMPL_IF> and <TMPL_ELSE>. The file written with HTML and these new tags is called a template. It is usually saved separate from your script - possibly even created by someone else! Using this module you fill in the values for the variables, loops and branches declared in the template. This allows you to separate design - the HTML - from the data, which you generate in the Perl script.

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

Install perl-HTML-Template 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-HTML-Template using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-HTML-Template

Install perl-HTML-Template 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-HTML-Template using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-HTML-Template

How To Uninstall perl-HTML-Template on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-HTML-Template package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-HTML-Template

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Summary

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