uninstall a perl module in linux

For removing a perl module from your linux system just create a pl file as mentioned below.

vim removeperlmodules.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use ExtUtils::Packlist;
use ExtUtils::Installed;

$ARGV[0] or die “Usage: $0 Module::Name\n”;

my $mod = $ARGV[0];

my $inst = ExtUtils::Installed->new();

foreach my $item (sort($inst->files($mod))) {
print “removing $item\n”;
unlink $item;
}

my $packfile = $inst->packlist($mod)->packlist_file();
print “removing $packfile\n”;
unlink $packfile;

usage –>

perl removeperlmodules.pl mod::ule

This will uninstall the  mod::ule from the system.