How To Install perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Perldoc in AlmaLinux 8. perl-Pod-Perldoc is Look up Perl documentation in Pod format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8.

What is perl-Pod-Perldoc

perldoc looks up a piece of documentation in .pod format that is embedded in the perl installation tree or in a perl script, and displays it via “groff -man | $PAGER”. This is primarily used for the documentation for the perl library modules.

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

Install perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Pod-Perldoc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Pod-Perldoc

Install perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Pod-Perldoc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Pod-Perldoc

How To Uninstall perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Pod-Perldoc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Perldoc on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.