How To Install perl-Want on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Want on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Want is Perl module implementing a generalization of wantarray

Introduction

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

What is perl-Want

This module generalizes the mechanism of the wantarray function, allowing a function to determine in some detail how its return value is going to be immediately used.

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

Install perl-Want 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-Want using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Want

Install perl-Want 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-Want using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Want

How To Uninstall perl-Want on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Want

perl-Want Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/3efc277d31e14d89a6d96ac6e21717d2a40618
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Want.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Want
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Want/Want.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Want/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/Want.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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