How To Install perl-Pod-Plainer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Plainer on CentOS 7. perl-Pod-Plainer is Perl extension for converting Pod to old-style Pod

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Plainer on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Pod-Plainer

Pod .. »’ constructs and returns the old(er) style with just ‘C<>’; ‘<’ and ‘>’ are replaced by ‘E’ and ‘E’. This can be used to pre-process Pod before using tools which do not recognize the new style Pods.

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

Install perl-Pod-Plainer 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-Pod-Plainer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Pod-Plainer

Install perl-Pod-Plainer 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-Pod-Plainer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Pod-Plainer

How To Uninstall perl-Pod-Plainer on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Pod-Plainer

References

Summary

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