How To Install perl-Digest on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Digest in Fedora 36. perl-Digest is Modules that calculate message digests

Introduction

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

What is `perl-Digest`

The Digest “hashes”, of some data, called a message. The digest is (usually) some small/fixed size string. The actual size of the digest depends of the algorithm used. The message is simply a sequence of arbitrary bytes or bits.

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

Install perl-Digest 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-Digest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Digest

Install perl-Digest 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-Digest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Digest

How To Uninstall perl-Digest on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Digest

perl-Digest Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-Digest
/usr/share/doc/perl-Digest/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Digest/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Digest/digest-bench
/usr/share/man/man3/Digest.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Digest::base.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Digest::file.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Digest
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Digest.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Digest/base.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Digest/file.pm

References

perl-Digest website

Summary

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