How To Install perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8. perl-RPM2 is Perl bindings for the RPM Package Manager API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-RPM2`

The RPM2 module provides an object-oriented interface to querying both the installed RPM database as well as files on the filesystem, providing Perl bindings for the RPM Package Manager API.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-RPM2.

Install perl-RPM2 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-RPM2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-RPM2

Install perl-RPM2 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-RPM2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-RPM2

How To Uninstall perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-RPM2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-RPM2

perl-RPM2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/a5d13a6b6d4862f2126cf3e3dbbe7e50641fd9
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/RPM2.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/RPM2
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/RPM2/RPM2.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-RPM2
/usr/share/doc/perl-RPM2/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-RPM2/README
/usr/share/man/man3/RPM2.3pm.gz

References

perl-RPM2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-RPM2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.