How To Install perl-Socket6 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Socket6 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is perl-Socket6
This module supports getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() to intend to enable protocol independent programming. If your environment supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Socket6 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Socket6.
Install perl-Socket6 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-Socket6 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Socket6
Install perl-Socket6 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-Socket6 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Socket6
How To Uninstall perl-Socket6 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the perl-Socket6 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Socket6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Socket6 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
