How To Install perl-Specio on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Specio on CentOS 8. perl-Specio is Type constraints and coercions for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Specio on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Specio

The Specio distribution provides classes for representing type constraints and coercion, along with syntax sugar for declaring them. Note that this is not a proper type system for Perl. Nothing in this distribution will magically make the Perl interpreter start checking a value’s type on assignment to a variable. In fact, there’s no built-in way to apply a type to a variable at all. Instead, you can explicitly check a value against a type, and optionally coerce values to that type.

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

Install perl-Specio on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Specio

Install perl-Specio on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Specio

How To Uninstall perl-Specio on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Specio

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Summary

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