How To Install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Crypt-MySQL is Emulate MySQL PASSWORD() function

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Crypt-MySQL

Crypt libmysqlclient. You can compare encrypted passwords, without real MySQL environment.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Crypt-MySQL.

Install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Crypt-MySQL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Crypt-MySQL

Install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Crypt-MySQL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Crypt-MySQL

How To Uninstall perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Crypt-MySQL package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Crypt-MySQL

perl-Crypt-MySQL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/fbbdde1eebb7b261c1b0fd7298e31575fad227
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/MySQL.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/MySQL
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/MySQL/MySQL.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-MySQL
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-MySQL/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-MySQL/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Crypt::MySQL.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-MySQL on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.