How To Install perl-Time-timegm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-timegm on CentOS 7. perl-Time-timegm is UTC version of mktime()

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Time-timegm on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Time-timegm

The POSIX standard provides three functions for converting between integer epoch values and 6-component “broken-down” time representations. localtime and gmtime convert an epoch into the 6 components of seconds, minutes, hours, day of month, month and year, in either local timezone or UTC. The mktime function converts a local broken-down time into an epoch value. However, POSIX does not provide a UTC version of this.

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

Install perl-Time-timegm 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-Time-timegm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Time-timegm

Install perl-Time-timegm 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-Time-timegm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Time-timegm

How To Uninstall perl-Time-timegm on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Time-timegm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Time-timegm

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Summary

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