How To Install perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7. perl-Unicode-Map8 is Mapping table between 8-bit chars and Unicode for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Unicode-Map8

The Unicode between 8-bit character sets and 16 bit character sets like Unicode. About 170 different mapping tables between various known character sets and Unicode is distributed with this package. The source of these tables is the vendor mapping tables provided by Unicode, Inc. and the code tables in RFC 1345. New maps can easily be installed.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Unicode-Map8.

Install perl-Unicode-Map8 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-Unicode-Map8 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Unicode-Map8

Install perl-Unicode-Map8 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-Unicode-Map8 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Unicode-Map8

How To Uninstall perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Unicode-Map8 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Unicode-Map8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Unicode-Map8 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.