How To Install perl-PerlIO-Layers on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-PerlIO-Layers

Perl file handles are implemented as a stack of layers, with the bottom- most usually doing the actual IO and the higher ones doing buffering, encoding/decoding or transformations. PerlIO allows you to query the file handle properties concerning these layers.

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

Install perl-PerlIO-Layers 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-PerlIO-Layers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-PerlIO-Layers

Install perl-PerlIO-Layers 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-PerlIO-Layers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-PerlIO-Layers

How To Uninstall perl-PerlIO-Layers on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-PerlIO-Layers

References

• perl-PerlIO-Layers website

Summary

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