How To Install perl-IO-Socket-SSL on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL in Fedora 36. perl-IO-Socket-SSL is Perl library for transparent SSL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-SSL on Fedora 36.

What is `perl-IO-Socket-SSL`

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

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

Install perl-IO-Socket-SSL 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-IO-Socket-SSL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-IO-Socket-SSL

Install perl-IO-Socket-SSL 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-IO-Socket-SSL using yum by running the following command:

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

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Socket-SSL on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL

perl-IO-Socket-SSL Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/docs
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/docs/debugging.txt
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/async_https_server.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/lwp-with-verifycn.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/simulate_proxy.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/ssl_client.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/ssl_mitm.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-SSL/example/ssl_server.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::PublicSuffix.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.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL/Intercept.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL/PublicSuffix.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/SSL/Utils.pm

References

perl-IO-Socket-SSL website

Summary

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