How To Install perl-MIME-Types on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-MIME-Types on Rocky Linux 8. perl-MIME-Types is MIME types module for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-MIME-Types on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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-MIME-Types using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-MIME-Types

Install perl-MIME-Types 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-MIME-Types using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-MIME-Types

How To Uninstall perl-MIME-Types on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-MIME-Types package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-MIME-Types

perl-MIME-Types Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-MIME-Types
/usr/share/doc/perl-MIME-Types/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/perl-MIME-Types/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-MIME-Types/README.md
/usr/share/man/man3/MIME::Type.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/MIME::Types.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME/Type.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME/Type.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME/Types.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME/Types.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/MIME/types.db

References

Summary

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