How To Install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch is Perl library for transparent SSL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch

This module is a true drop-in replacement for IO that uses SSL to encrypt data before it is transferred to a remote server or client. IO that one needs to write a full-featured SSL client or server application verification, and SSL version selection. As an extra bonus, it works perfectly with mod_perl.

We can use yum to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch.

Install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch

perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/client-cert.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/client-key.enc
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/client-key.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/my-ca.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/proxyca.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/server-cert.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/server-key.enc
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/server-key.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/server-rsa384-dh.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/server-wildcard.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/certs/test-ca.pem
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/docs
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/docs/debugging.txt
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example/async_https_server.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example/lwp-with-verifycn.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example/ssl_client.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example/ssl_mitm.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/example/ssl_server.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/util
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL-1.94/util/export_certs.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::SSL.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::SSL::Intercept.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::SSL::Utils.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL/Intercept.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL/Utils.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.