How To Install perl-pmtools on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-pmtools

This is pmtools – a suite of small programs to help manage modules. The names are totally preliminary, and in fact, so is the code. We follow the “keep it small” notion of many tiny tools each doing one thing well, eschewing giant megatools with millions of options. Tom Christiansen

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-pmtools

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-pmtools

How To Uninstall perl-pmtools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-pmtools

References

• perl-pmtools website

Summary

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