How To Install uuid-perl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-perl on CentOS 7. uuid-perl is Perl support for Universally Unique Identifier library

Introduction

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

What is uuid-perl

Perl OSSP uuid modules, which includes a Data

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

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

sudo yum -y install uuid-perl

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

sudo dnf -y install uuid-perl

How To Uninstall uuid-perl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove uuid-perl

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Summary

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