How To Install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8

perl-Convert-ASN1 is ASN.1 encode/decode library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Convert-ASN1

Convert

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Convert-ASN1.

Install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Convert-ASN1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Convert-ASN1

Install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Convert-ASN1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Convert-ASN1

How To Uninstall perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Convert-ASN1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Convert-ASN1

perl-Convert-ASN1 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/OldChanges
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/README.md
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/examples/ldap
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/examples/ldap-search
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-ASN1/examples/x509decode
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Convert-ASN1
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Convert-ASN1/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Convert::ASN1.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1/Debug.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1/IO.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1/_decode.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1/_encode.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/ASN1/parser.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Convert-ASN1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.