How To Install perl-libwww-perl on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-libwww-perl

The libwww-perl collection is a set of Perl modules which provides a simple and consistent application programming interface to the World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is to provide classes and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also contain modules that are of more general use and even classes that help you implement simple HTTP servers.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-libwww-perl

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-libwww-perl

How To Uninstall perl-libwww-perl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-libwww-perl

References

• perl-libwww-perl website

Summary

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