How To Install perl-homedir on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-homedir on CentOS 7.
What is perl-homedir
perl-homedir configures the system to automatically create a ~/perl5 directory in each user’s $HOME on user login. This allows each user to install CPAN packages via the CPAN to their $HOME, with no additional configuration or privileges, and without installing them system-wide. If you want your users to be able to install and use their own Perl modules, install this package.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-homedir on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-homedir.
Install perl-homedir on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install perl-homedir using yum by running the following command:
Install perl-homedir 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.
After updating yum database, We can install perl-homedir using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall perl-homedir on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-homedir package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-homedir on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.