How To Install perl-String-Approx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Approx on Rocky Linux 8. perl-String-Approx is Perl extension for approximate matching (fuzzy matching)

Introduction

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

What is `perl-String-Approx`

String this you can emulate errors related vocabularies (colour color), genetic mutations (GAG ACT), abbreviations (McScot, MacScot).

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

Install perl-String-Approx 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-String-Approx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-String-Approx

Install perl-String-Approx 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-String-Approx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-String-Approx

How To Uninstall perl-String-Approx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-String-Approx

perl-String-Approx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/0e8ef0e33ff89e9df5c622495c36a8654d2edd
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/String
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/String/Approx.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String/Approx
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String/Approx/Approx.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Approx
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Approx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Approx/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Approx/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Approx/README.apse
/usr/share/licenses/perl-String-Approx
/usr/share/licenses/perl-String-Approx/Artistic
/usr/share/licenses/perl-String-Approx/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/perl-String-Approx/COPYRIGHT.agrep
/usr/share/licenses/perl-String-Approx/LGPL
/usr/share/man/man3/String::Approx.3pm.gz

References

perl-String-Approx website

Summary

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