How To Install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8. perl-Math-BigInt-GMP is Use the GMP library for Math::BigInt routines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Math-BigInt-GMP

Provides support for big integer calculations by means of the GMP library, as a replacement (drop-in) module for Math Math access the GMP library. This cuts out another (perl subroutine) layer and also reduces the memory footprint by not loading Math

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP.

Install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP 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-Math-BigInt-GMP using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP

Install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP 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-Math-BigInt-GMP using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP

How To Uninstall perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Math-BigInt-GMP package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Math-BigInt-GMP

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.