How To Install perl-Module-Build on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Module-Build on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Module-Build

Module Perl modules. It is meant to be an alternative to ExtUtils module through sub-classing in a much more straightforward way than with MakeMaker. It also does not require a make on your system - most of the Module in a very cross-platform way. In fact, you don’t even need a shell, so even platforms like MacOS (traditional) can use it fairly easily. Its only prerequisites are modules that are included with perl 5.6.0, and it works fine on perl 5.005 if you can install a few additional modules.

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

Install perl-Module-Build 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-Module-Build using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Module-Build

Install perl-Module-Build 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-Module-Build using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Module-Build

How To Uninstall perl-Module-Build on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Module-Build package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Module-Build

References

• perl-Module-Build website

Summary

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