How To Install perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-Fuzzy in AlmaLinux 8. perl-Text-Fuzzy is Partial string matching using edit distances

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8.

What is perl-Text-Fuzzy

This module calculates edit distances between words, and searches arrays and files to find the nearest entry by edit distance. It handles both byte strings and character strings (strings containing Unicode), treating each Unicode character as a single entity.

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

Install perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Text-Fuzzy

Install perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Text-Fuzzy

How To Uninstall perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Text-Fuzzy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-Fuzzy on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.