How To Install perl-Mouse on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Mouse on CentOS 7. perl-Mouse is Moose minus the antlers

Introduction

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

What is perl-Mouse

Moose, a powerful metaobject-fueled extension of the Perl 5 object system, is wonderful. (For more information on Moose, please see ‘perldoc Moose’ after installing the perl-Moose package.) Unfortunately, it’s a little slow. Though significant progress has been made over the years, the compile time penalty is a non-starter for some applications. Mouse aims to alleviate this by providing a subset of Moose’s functionality, faster.

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

Install perl-Mouse 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-Mouse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Mouse

Install perl-Mouse 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-Mouse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Mouse

How To Uninstall perl-Mouse on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Mouse

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Summary

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