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 either downloaded from us or installed via cpan

1. downloaded from us pdf.tar

   cd /home/stor2rrd/stor2rrd
   umask 022
   tar xvf pdf.tar
   . etc/stor2rrd.cfg
   perl -e 'use PDF::API2; print "Version $PDF::API2::VERSION\n"'
   

2. 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).