How To Install perl-Crypt-ECB on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-ECB on Fedora 36.
What is perl-Crypt-ECB
This module is a Perl-only implementation of the ECB mode. In combination with a block cipher such as DES, IDEA or Blowfish, you can encrypt and decrypt messages of arbitrarily long length. Though for security reasons other modes than ECB such as CBC should be preferred. See textbooks on cryptography if you want to know why.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Crypt-ECB on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Crypt-ECB.
Install perl-Crypt-ECB 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-ECB using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Crypt-ECB
Install perl-Crypt-ECB 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-ECB using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Crypt-ECB
How To Uninstall perl-Crypt-ECB on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the perl-Crypt-ECB package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Crypt-ECB
perl-Crypt-ECB Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB/README.XTEA
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB/eg
/usr/share/doc/perl-Crypt-ECB/eg/ecb.pl
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Crypt-ECB
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Crypt-ECB/ARTISTIC
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Crypt-ECB/GPLv1
/usr/share/man/man3/Crypt::ECB.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/ECB.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-ECB on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).