How To Install stunnel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install stunnel on Rocky Linux 8. stunnel is A TLS-encrypting socket wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stunnel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is stunnel

Stunnel is a socket wrapper which can provide TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) support to ordinary applications. For example, it can be used in conjunction with imapd to create a TLS secure IMAP server.

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

Install stunnel 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 stunnel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stunnel

Install stunnel 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 stunnel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stunnel

How To Uninstall stunnel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the stunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove stunnel

stunnel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/stunnel
/usr/bin/stunnel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/fe748eda21c6c0df1a13d407963fc28e7aee1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/50a724cf55f9e3e4edd2cb45bf52e571ad66ce
/usr/lib/systemd/system/stunnel.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/stunnel
/usr/lib64/stunnel/libstunnel.so
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/Certificate-Creation
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/VNC_StunnelHOWTO.html
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/faq.stunnel-2.html
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/pop3-redirect.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/sfinger.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel-pop3s-client.conf
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel-sfinger.conf
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel.conf-sample
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/tworzenie_certyfikatow.html
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel/COPYING.md
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel/COPYRIGHT.md
/usr/share/man/man8/stunnel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/stunnel.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stunnel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.