How To Install perl-enum on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-enum

This module is used to define a set of constants with ordered numeric values, similar to the enum type in the C programming language. You can also define bitmask constants, where the value assigned to each constant has exactly one bit set (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8, etc).

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-enum

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-enum

How To Uninstall perl-enum on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-enum

References

• perl-enum website

Summary

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