How To Install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7. perl-String-Similarity is Calculates the similarity of two strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7.

What is `perl-String-Similarity`

The similarity function calculates the similarity index of its two arguments. A value of 0 means that the strings are entirely different. A value of 1 means that the strings are identical. Everything else lies between 0 and 1 and describes the amount of similarity between the strings.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-String-Similarity.

Install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install perl-String-Similarity

Install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7 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-String-Similarity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-String-Similarity

How To Uninstall perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-String-Similarity

References

perl-String-Similarity website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Similarity on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.