How To Install purge_old_entries.pl on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install libpoet-perl

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install libpoet-perl

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is purge_old_entries.pl and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install purge_old_entries.pl on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install purge_old_entries.pl on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install purge_old_entries.pl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpoet-perl

Install purge_old_entries.pl on CentOS 8 using yum

Because purge_old_entries.pl is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install purge_old_entries.pl package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpoet-perl

How to upgrade (update) a single package purge_old_entries.pl using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like purge_old_entries.pl in this example you should use the following command:

yum update libpoet-perl

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade libpoet-perl

How to Upgrade purge_old_entries.pl on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update libpoet-perl

How To remove purge_old_entries.pl from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the purge_old_entries.pl package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpoet-perl

Extra info and code examples

Poet is a modern Perl web framework designed especially for Mason developers. It uses PSGI/Plack for server integration, Mason for request routing and templating, and a selection of best-of-breed CPAN modules for caching, logging and configuration.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install purge_old_entries.pl using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the purge_old_entries.pl from CentOS 8.

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