How To Install perl-Text-Iconv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-Iconv on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Text-Iconv is Perl interface to iconv() codeset conversion function

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Text-Iconv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-Text-Iconv`

The Text function as defined by the Single UNIX Specification. The convert() method converts the encoding of characters in the input string from the fromcode codeset to the tocode codeset, and returns the result. Settings of fromcode and tocode and their permitted combinations are implementation-dependent. Valid values are specified in the system documentation.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Text-Iconv

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Text-Iconv

How To Uninstall perl-Text-Iconv on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Text-Iconv

perl-Text-Iconv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/e382b8b894318617aec3c3154fedb437416735
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Text
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Text/Iconv.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Text
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Text/Iconv
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Text/Iconv/Iconv.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Text/Iconv/autosplit.ix
/usr/share/doc/perl-Text-Iconv
/usr/share/doc/perl-Text-Iconv/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Text-Iconv/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Text::Iconv.3pm.gz

References

perl-Text-Iconv website

Summary

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