How To Install perl-common-sense on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-common-sense on Rocky Linux 8. perl-common-sense is “Common sense” Perl defaults

Introduction

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

What is perl-common-sense

This module implements some sane defaults for Perl programs, as defined by two typical (or not so typical - use your common sense) specimens of Perl coders It’s supposed to be mostly the same, with much lower memory usage, as use utf8; use strict qw(vars subs); use feature qw(say state switch); use feature qw(unicode_strings unicode_eval current_sub fc evalbytes); no feature qw(array_base); no warnings; use warnings qw(FATAL closed threads internal debugging pack portable prototype inplace io pipe unpack malloc deprecated glob digit printf layer reserved taint closure semicolon); no warnings qw(exec newline unopened);

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

Install perl-common-sense 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-common-sense using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-common-sense

Install perl-common-sense 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-common-sense using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-common-sense

How To Uninstall perl-common-sense on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-common-sense

perl-common-sense Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/common
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/common/sense.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/common/sense.pod
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense/t
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense/t/00_load.t
/usr/share/doc/perl-common-sense/t/01_arch.t
/usr/share/licenses/perl-common-sense
/usr/share/licenses/perl-common-sense/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/common::sense.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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