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Installing PDF::API2 module on RHEL/CentOS 8

Note that PDF reporting is not enabled in the free edition of the product, therefore you do not have to install it.

As there is no direct rpm available it must be installed via CPAN, under root:
# Prerequsites
yum makecache
yum install perl-CPAN
yum install rpm
yum install gcc make
cpan App::cpanminus

# Check if is installed module Compress::Zlib :
cpan -l | grep -i Compress::Zlib
  Loading internal null logger. Install Log::Log4perl for logging messages
  Compress::Zlib    2.081
  IO::Compress::Zlib::Constants    2.081
  IO::Compress::Zlib::Extra    2.081

# Check if module PDF::API2: is available
cpan -l | grep -i PDF::API2
  Loading internal null logger. Install Log::Log4perl for logging messages
  PDF::API2    2.043

# Installing it
cpan PDF::API2
  Loading internal null logger. Install Log::Log4perl for logging messages
  Reading '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:17:02 GMT
  CPAN: Module::CoreList loaded ok (v5.20181130)
  PDF::API2 is up to date (2.043).