How To Install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages on CentOS 7. perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages is Parse 02packages.details.txt.gz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages

The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a very useful collection of Perl code. It has several indices of the files that it hosts, including a file named “02packages.details.txt.gz” in the “modules” directory. This file contains lots of useful information and this module provides a simple interface to the data contained within.

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

Install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages 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-Parse-CPAN-Packages using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages

Install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages 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-Parse-CPAN-Packages using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages

How To Uninstall perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Parse-CPAN-Packages

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Summary

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