How to Install and Uninstall perl-interpreter.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "perl-interpreter.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install perl-interpreter.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "perl-interpreter.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall perl-interpreter.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perl-interpreter.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Installed Packages
Name : perl-interpreter
Epoch : 4
Version : 5.26.3
Release : 422.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 14 M
Source : perl-5.26.3-422.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : Standalone executable Perl interpreter
URL : http://www.perl.org/
License : (GPL+ or Artistic) and (GPLv2+ or Artistic) and BSD and Public Domain and UCD
Description : This is a Perl interpreter as a standalone executable /usr/bin/perl
: required for handling Perl scripts. It does not provide all the other Perl
: modules or tools.
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: Install this package if you want to program in Perl or enable your system to
: handle Perl scripts with /usr/bin/perl interpreter.
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: If your script requires some Perl modules, you can install them with
: "perl(MODULE)" where "MODULE" is a name of required module. E.g. install
: "perl(Test::More)" to make Test::More Perl module available.
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: If you need all the Perl modules that come with upstream Perl sources, so
: called core modules, install perl package.
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: If you only need perl run-time as a shared library, i.e. Perl interpreter
: embedded into another application, the only essential package is perl-libs.
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: Perl header files can be found in perl-devel package.
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: Perl utils like "splain" or "perlbug" can be found in perl-utils package.