How To Install perl-OpenGL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-OpenGL on Rocky Linux 8. perl-OpenGL is Perl OpenGL bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-OpenGL on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-OpenGL

Perl bindings to implementations of OpenGL and GLUT, providing virtually all of the OpenGL 1.0, and 1.1 functions, and most of 1.2.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-OpenGL

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

sudo yum -y install perl-OpenGL

How To Uninstall perl-OpenGL on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-OpenGL

perl-OpenGL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/5e6c14c37f3cf6f893ff62c289b69560a694b4
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL/Array.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL/Config.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/OpenGL/Tessellation.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OpenGL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OpenGL/OpenGL.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/OpenGL/autosplit.ix
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/KNOWN_PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/Release_Notes
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/SUPPORTS
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/TODO
/usr/share/doc/perl-OpenGL/demo.pl
/usr/share/licenses/perl-OpenGL
/usr/share/licenses/perl-OpenGL/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man3/Array.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/OpenGL.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Tessellation.3pm.gz

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Summary

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