How To Install remctl-perl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-perl on Rocky Linux 8. remctl-perl is Perl interface to remctl

Introduction

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

What is `remctl-perl`

remctl implements a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication. If you want to use remctl’s Perl bindings, you need to install this package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install remctl-perl

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

sudo yum -y install remctl-perl

How To Uninstall remctl-perl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove remctl-perl

remctl-perl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/8e7f823c6d9f93bee663ae28c8e40ffc96ace7
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/Remctl
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/Remctl.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/Remctl/Backend.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net/Remctl
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net/Remctl/Remctl.so
/usr/share/man/man3/Net::Remctl.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Net::Remctl::Backend.3pm.gz

References

remctl-perl website

Summary

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