How To Install perl-Socket on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

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

What is perl-Socket

This module provides a variety of constants, structure manipulators and other functions related to socket-based networking. The values and functions provided are useful when used in conjunction with Perl core functions such as socket(), setsockopt() and bind(). It also provides several other support functions, mostly for dealing with conversions of network addresses between human-readable and native binary forms, and for hostname resolver operations.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Socket

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Socket

How To Uninstall perl-Socket on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Socket

References

• perl-Socket website

Summary

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