How To Install perl-Module-Metadata on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Module-Metadata on CentOS 7.
What is perl-Module-Metadata
This module provides a standard way to gather metadata about a .pm file through (mostly) static analysis and (some) code execution. When determining the version of a module, the $VERSION assignment is evaled, as is traditional in the CPAN toolchain.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Module-Metadata on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Module-Metadata.
Install perl-Module-Metadata 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-Metadata using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Module-Metadata
Install perl-Module-Metadata 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-Metadata using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Module-Metadata
How To Uninstall perl-Module-Metadata on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-Module-Metadata package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Module-Metadata
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Module-Metadata on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
