How To Install perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

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

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

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

How To Uninstall perl-Math-BigInt-GMP on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Math-BigInt-GMP

perl-Math-BigInt-GMP Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/db5fbf7df6210b61c9e1d6a458ca7e0603f681
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigInt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Math/BigInt/GMP.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/BigInt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Math/BigInt/GMP/GMP.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Math-BigInt-GMP/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Math::BigInt::GMP.3pm.gz

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Summary

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