How To Install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 is Utility for looking for perl objects that are not reclaimed

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64

This module provides a basic way to discover if a piece of perl code is allocating perl data and not releasing them again.

We can use yum to install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64.

Install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64

How To Uninstall perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64

perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/Leak.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel/Leak
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel/Leak/Leak.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-Leak-0.03
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-Leak-0.03/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::Leak.3pm.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Leak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.