How To Install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8. perl-REST-Client is Simple client for interacting with RESTful http/https resources

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-REST-Client

REST

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

Install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-REST-Client

Install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install perl-REST-Client

How To Uninstall perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-REST-Client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-REST-Client

perl-REST-Client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-REST-Client
/usr/share/doc/perl-REST-Client/CHANGES
/usr/share/man/man3/REST::Client.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/REST
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/REST/Client.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-REST-Client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.