How To Install perl-Scalar-String on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Scalar-String on AlmaLinux 8.
What is perl-Scalar-String
This module is about the string part of plain Perl scalars. A scalar has a string value, which is notionally a sequence of Unicode codepoints, but may be internally encoded in either ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8. In places, and more so in older versions of Perl, the internal encoding shows through. To fully understand Perl strings it is necessary to understand these implementation details.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Scalar-String on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Scalar-String.
Install perl-Scalar-String 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-Scalar-String using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Scalar-String
Install perl-Scalar-String 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-Scalar-String using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Scalar-String
How To Uninstall perl-Scalar-String on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the perl-Scalar-String package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Scalar-String
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Scalar-String on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
