Linux Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.45, by Herong Yang
Install and Manage Perl Packages on CentOS
This section provides a tutorial example on how to install Perl 5.26 on CentOS 8 systems using 'dnf/yum' as the package manager.
The Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) script engine is included as part of the CentOS 8 system by default. You don't need to install it yourself. But you can still install its additional modules using the "dnf" package manager.
1. Login as "herong", who has admin privileges.
2. Check the current installed version of Perl:
herong$ perl -v This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 3 (v5.26.3) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi (with 51 registered patches, ...) ...
3. Run "dnf info perl" to see Perl package information:
herong$ dnf info perl
Available Packages
Name : perl
Epoch : 4
Version : 5.26.3
Release : 416.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 72 k
Source : perl-5.26.3-416.el8.src.rpm
Repository : AppStream
Summary : Practical Extraction and Report Language
URL : http://www.perl.org/
License : GPL+ or Artistic
Description : Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell
: scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially
: good at handling text. Perl's hallmarks are practicality and efficiency.
: While it is used to do a lot of different things, Perl's most common
: applications are system administration utilities and web programming.
:
: This is a metapackage with all the Perl bits and core modules that can be
: found in the upstream tarball from perl.org.
:
: If you need only a specific feature, you can install a specific package
: instead. E.g. to handle Perl scripts with /usr/bin/perl interpreter,
: install perl-interpreter package. See perl-interpreter description for more
: details on the Perl decomposition into packages.
4. Install the "perl" package:
herong$ sudo dnf install perl ... Installed: perl-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64 perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-9.el8.noarch perl-TermReadKey-2.37-7.el8.x86_64 dwz-0.12-9.el8.x86_64 efi-srpm-macros-3-2.el8.noarch ghc-srpm-macros-1.4.2-7.el8.noarch go-srpm-macros-2-16.el8.noarch ocaml-srpm-macros-5-4.el8.noarch openblas-srpm-macros-2-2.el8.noarch perl-Algorithm-Diff-1.1903-9.el8.noarch perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-1.el8.noarch perl-Archive-Zip-1.60-3.el8.noarch perl-Attribute-Handlers-0.99-416.el8.noarch perl-B-Debug-1.26-2.el8.noarch perl-CPAN-2.18-397.el8.noarch perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.el8.noarch perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarch perl-Compress-Bzip2-2.26-6.el8.x86_64 perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.081-1.el8.x86_64 perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.081-1.el8.x86_64 perl-Config-Perl-V-0.30-1.el8.noarch perl-DB_File-1.842-1.el8.x86_64 perl-Data-OptList-0.110-6.el8.noarch perl-Data-Section-0.200007-3.el8.noarch perl-Devel-PPPort-3.36-5.el8.x86_64 perl-Devel-Peek-1.26-416.el8.x86_64 perl-Devel-SelfStubber-1.06-416.el8.noarch perl-Devel-Size-0.81-2.el8.x86_64 perl-Digest-SHA-1:6.02-1.el8.x86_64 perl-Encode-devel-4:2.97-3.el8.x86_64 perl-Env-1.04-395.el8.noarch ... Complete!
5. Verify the installed Perl package:
herong$ perl -v This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 3 (v5.26.3) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi (with 51 registered patches, ...) ...
Ok. The installed Perl package is the same version as the pre-installed Perl in the CentOS system.
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►Install and Manage Perl Packages on CentOS
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