How To Install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8.
What is perl-MIME-Types
MIME types are used in many applications, for instance as part of e-mail and HTTP traffic, to indicate the type of content that is transmitted. Sometimes detailed knowledge about a mime-type is need; however, this module only knows about the file-name extensions that relate to some file-type. It can also be used to produce the right format are not registered at IANA need to use ‘x-’ prefixes.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-MIME-Types.
Install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install perl-MIME-Types using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-MIME-Types
Install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8 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-MIME-Types using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-MIME-Types
How To Uninstall perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the perl-MIME-Types package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-MIME-Types
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-MIME-Types on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.