How To Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Rocky Linux 8. perl-UNIVERSAL-ref is Turns ref() into a multimethod

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-UNIVERSAL-ref`

This module changes the behavior of the builtin function ref(). If ref() is called on an object that has requested an overloaded ref, the object’s ‘->ref’ method will be called and its return value used instead.

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

Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref 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-UNIVERSAL-ref using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

Install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref 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-UNIVERSAL-ref using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

How To Uninstall perl-UNIVERSAL-ref on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-UNIVERSAL-ref package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-UNIVERSAL-ref

perl-UNIVERSAL-ref Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/4b03bf4342eb7b343295a1b61899936d177d79
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/UNIVERSAL/ref.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL/ref
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/UNIVERSAL/ref/ref.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-UNIVERSAL-ref/README
/usr/share/man/man3/UNIVERSAL::ref.3pm.gz

References

perl-UNIVERSAL-ref website

Summary

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