How To Install perl-Package-Generator on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is perl-Package-Generator

This module lets you quickly and easily construct new packages. It gives them unused names and sets up their package data, if provided.

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

Install perl-Package-Generator 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-Package-Generator using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Package-Generator

Install perl-Package-Generator 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-Package-Generator using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Package-Generator

How To Uninstall perl-Package-Generator on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Package-Generator

perl-Package-Generator Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Package-Generator
/usr/share/doc/perl-Package-Generator/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Package-Generator/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/perl-Package-Generator/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Package::Generator.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Package::Reaper.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Package
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Package/Generator.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Package/Reaper.pm

References

• perl-Package-Generator website

Summary

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