How To Install perl-Perl-Critic on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-Perl-Critic

Perl coding standards to Perl source code. Essentially, it is a static source code analysis engine. Perl number of Perl various coding guidelines. Most Policy modules are based on Damian Conway’s book Perl Best Practices. However, Perl limited to PBP and will even support Policies that contradict Conway. You can enable, disable, and customize those Polices through the Perl modules that suit your own tastes.

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

Install perl-Perl-Critic 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-Perl-Critic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Perl-Critic

Install perl-Perl-Critic 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-Perl-Critic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Perl-Critic

How To Uninstall perl-Perl-Critic on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Perl-Critic

References

• perl-Perl-Critic website

Summary

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