How To Install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch is Guess media type for a file or a URL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch

This module provides functions for handling media (also known as MIME) types and encodings. The mapping from file extensions to media types is defined by the media.types file. If the ~/.media.types file exists it is used instead. For backwards compatibility we will also look for ~/.mime.types.

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

Install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.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-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch

perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/perl-LWP-MediaTypes-6.02
/usr/share/doc/perl-LWP-MediaTypes-6.02/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-LWP-MediaTypes-6.02/README
/usr/share/man/man3/LWP::MediaTypes.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LWP
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LWP/MediaTypes.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/LWP/media.types

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-LWP-MediaTypes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.