How To Install perl-Text-CharWidth on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-CharWidth on CentOS 7. perl-Text-CharWidth is Get number of occupied columns of a string on terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-CharWidth on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Text-CharWidth

This is a module to provide equivalent feature as wcwidth(3) and wcswidth(3). This also provides mblen(3) equivalent subroutine.

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

Install perl-Text-CharWidth 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-Text-CharWidth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Text-CharWidth

Install perl-Text-CharWidth 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-Text-CharWidth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Text-CharWidth

How To Uninstall perl-Text-CharWidth on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Text-CharWidth

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Summary

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