How To Install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 in Fedora 36. perl-Crypt-Curve25519 is Generate shared secret using elliptic-curve Diffie-Hellman function

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36.

What is perl-Crypt-Curve25519

Curve25519 is a Diffie-Hellman function suitable for a wide variety of applications. Given a user’s 32-byte secret key, Curve25519 computes the user’s 32-byte public key. Given the user’s 32-byte secret key and another user’s 32-byte public key, Curve25519 computes a 32-byte secret shared by the two users. This secret can then be used to authenticate and encrypt messages between the two users.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Crypt-Curve25519.

Install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Crypt-Curve25519

Install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Crypt-Curve25519

How To Uninstall perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-Crypt-Curve25519 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Crypt-Curve25519

perl-Crypt-Curve25519 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/b1d4122ffb3b9b6f0bfd93c78f448fbdad2faf
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/Curve25519.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/Curve25519
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Crypt/Curve25519/Curve25519.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-Curve25519
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-Curve25519/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-Curve25519/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Crypt-Curve25519
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Crypt-Curve25519/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/Crypt::Curve25519.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-Curve25519 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).