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

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Random on Rocky Linux 8. perl-String-Random is Perl module to generate random strings based on a pattern

Introduction

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

What is `perl-String-Random`

This module makes it trivial to generate random strings.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-String-Random

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

sudo yum -y install perl-String-Random

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

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

sudo dnf remove perl-String-Random

perl-String-Random Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Random
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Random/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Random/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Random/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/String::Random.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/String
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/String/Random.pm

References

perl-String-Random website

Summary

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