CentOS: how to fix error: perl module ExtUtils::Embed is required

If you see the following error while compiling nginx from source, follow the steps below:

checking for perl
 + perl version: This is perl 5, version 26, subversion 3 (v5.26.3) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi
Can't locate ExtUtils/Embed.pm in @INC (you may need to install the ExtUtils::Embed module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

./configure: error: perl module ExtUtils::Embed is required

Issue the following by command:

yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed

Result:

[root@CentOS-82-64-minimal nginx-1.14.1]# yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed
Last metadata expiration check: 2:06:33 ago on Wed 08 Jul 2020 06:31:28 AM CEST.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                       Arch     Version               Repository   Size
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Installing:
 perl-ExtUtils-Embed           noarch   1.34-416.el8          AppStream    79 k
Installing dependencies:
 perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements   noarch   2.140-396.el8         AppStream    37 k
 perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML           noarch   0.018-397.el8         AppStream    34 k
 perl-ExtUtils-Command         noarch   1:7.34-1.el8          AppStream    19 k
 perl-ExtUtils-Install         noarch   2.14-4.el8            AppStream    46 k
 perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker       noarch   1:7.34-1.el8          AppStream   300 k
 perl-ExtUtils-Manifest        noarch   1.70-395.el8          AppStream    37 k
 perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS         noarch   1:3.35-2.el8          AppStream    83 k
 perl-JSON-PP                  noarch   1:2.97.001-3.el8      AppStream    68 k
 perl-Math-BigInt              noarch   1:1.9998.11-7.el8     BaseOS      196 k
 perl-Math-Complex             noarch   1.59-416.el8          BaseOS      108 k
 perl-Test-Harness             noarch   1:3.42-1.el8          AppStream   279 k
 perl-devel                    x86_64   4:5.26.3-416.el8      AppStream   599 k
 perl-version                  x86_64   6:0.99.24-1.el8       AppStream    67 k
 python3-pyparsing             noarch   2.1.10-7.el8          BaseOS      142 k
 systemtap-sdt-devel           x86_64   4.2-6.el8             AppStream    81 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 perl-CPAN-Meta                noarch   2.150010-396.el8      AppStream   191 k
 perl-Encode-Locale            noarch   1.05-9.el8            AppStream    21 k
 perl-Time-HiRes               x86_64   1.9758-1.el8          AppStream    61 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  19 Packages

Total download size: 2.4 M
Installed size: 7.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/19): perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarc 421 kB/s |  34 kB     00:00
(2/19): perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.e 425 kB/s |  37 kB     00:00
(3/19): perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-9.el8.noarch.rp 795 kB/s |  21 kB     00:00
(4/19): perl-ExtUtils-Command-7.34-1.el8.noarch 589 kB/s |  19 kB     00:00
(5/19): perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch. 1.4 MB/s | 191 kB     00:00
(6/19): perl-ExtUtils-Install-2.14-4.el8.noarch 1.5 MB/s |  46 kB     00:00
(7/19): perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-416.el8.noarch 1.4 MB/s |  79 kB     00:00
(8/19): perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.70-395.el8.noa 1.2 MB/s |  37 kB     00:00
(9/19): perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.34-1.el8.noar 5.5 MB/s | 300 kB     00:00
(10/19): perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-3.35-2.el8.noarc 2.9 MB/s |  83 kB     00:00
(11/19): perl-JSON-PP-2.97.001-3.el8.noarch.rpm 2.2 MB/s |  68 kB     00:00
(12/19): perl-Time-HiRes-1.9758-1.el8.x86_64.rp 2.2 MB/s |  61 kB     00:00
(13/19): perl-Test-Harness-3.42-1.el8.noarch.rp 5.2 MB/s | 279 kB     00:00
(14/19): perl-version-0.99.24-1.el8.x86_64.rpm  2.4 MB/s |  67 kB     00:00
(15/19): systemtap-sdt-devel-4.2-6.el8.x86_64.r 3.0 MB/s |  81 kB     00:00
(16/19): perl-Math-BigInt-1.9998.11-7.el8.noarc 2.7 MB/s | 196 kB     00:00
(17/19): perl-devel-5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64.rpm   5.0 MB/s | 599 kB     00:00
(18/19): perl-Math-Complex-1.59-416.el8.noarch. 1.7 MB/s | 108 kB     00:00
(19/19): python3-pyparsing-2.1.10-7.el8.noarch. 9.4 MB/s | 142 kB     00:00
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Total                                           6.1 MB/s | 2.4 MB     00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1
  Installing       : perl-version-6:0.99.24-1.el8.x86_64                   1/19
  Installing       : perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.el8.noarch      2/19
  Installing       : perl-Time-HiRes-1.9758-1.el8.x86_64                   3/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-1:3.35-2.el8.noarch             4/19
  Installing       : perl-Test-Harness-1:3.42-1.el8.noarch                 5/19
  Installing       : python3-pyparsing-2.1.10-7.el8.noarch                 6/19
  Installing       : systemtap-sdt-devel-4.2-6.el8.x86_64                  7/19
  Installing       : perl-Math-Complex-1.59-416.el8.noarch                 8/19
  Installing       : perl-Math-BigInt-1:1.9998.11-7.el8.noarch             9/19
  Installing       : perl-JSON-PP-1:2.97.001-3.el8.noarch                 10/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.70-395.el8.noarch           11/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-Command-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch            12/19
  Installing       : perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-9.el8.noarch                 13/19
  Installing       : perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarch             14/19
  Installing       : perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch               15/19
  Installing       : perl-devel-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64                   16/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-Install-2.14-4.el8.noarch              17/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch          18/19
  Installing       : perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-416.el8.noarch              19/19
  Running scriptlet: perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-416.el8.noarch              19/19
  Verifying        : perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch                1/19
  Verifying        : perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.el8.noarch      2/19
  Verifying        : perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarch              3/19
  Verifying        : perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-9.el8.noarch                  4/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-Command-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch             5/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-416.el8.noarch               6/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-Install-2.14-4.el8.noarch               7/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch           8/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.70-395.el8.noarch            9/19
  Verifying        : perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-1:3.35-2.el8.noarch            10/19
  Verifying        : perl-JSON-PP-1:2.97.001-3.el8.noarch                 11/19
  Verifying        : perl-Test-Harness-1:3.42-1.el8.noarch                12/19
  Verifying        : perl-Time-HiRes-1.9758-1.el8.x86_64                  13/19
  Verifying        : perl-devel-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64                   14/19
  Verifying        : perl-version-6:0.99.24-1.el8.x86_64                  15/19
  Verifying        : systemtap-sdt-devel-4.2-6.el8.x86_64                 16/19
  Verifying        : perl-Math-BigInt-1:1.9998.11-7.el8.noarch            17/19
  Verifying        : perl-Math-Complex-1.59-416.el8.noarch                18/19
  Verifying        : python3-pyparsing-2.1.10-7.el8.noarch                19/19

Installed:
  perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch
  perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.el8.noarch
  perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarch
  perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-9.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Command-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-416.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Install-2.14-4.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.70-395.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-1:3.35-2.el8.noarch
  perl-JSON-PP-1:2.97.001-3.el8.noarch
  perl-Math-BigInt-1:1.9998.11-7.el8.noarch
  perl-Math-Complex-1.59-416.el8.noarch
  perl-Test-Harness-1:3.42-1.el8.noarch
  perl-Time-HiRes-1.9758-1.el8.x86_64
  perl-devel-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64
  perl-version-6:0.99.24-1.el8.x86_64
  python3-pyparsing-2.1.10-7.el8.noarch
  systemtap-sdt-devel-4.2-6.el8.x86_64

Complete!

done!