How To Install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch is Perl Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch`

IO using sockets in either AF_INET or AF_INET6 domains. It is built upon the IO by IO

We can use yum to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch.

Install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch 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-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch

perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.69
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.69/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6-2.69/README
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::INET6.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/INET6.pm

References

perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.