How To Install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime in Fedora 36. perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime is Timing side-channel protected string compare

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime on Fedora 36.

What is perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime

This module provides one function, “equals”, which works like perl’s “eq”, but which does not provide a timing side-channel. Such comparison is useful when matching against a secret string.

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

Install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime 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-String-Compare-ConstantTime using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime

Install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime 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-String-Compare-ConstantTime using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime

How To Uninstall perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime

perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/ab3567b6d73ca4a30ddd7c3c20e692969aacea
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/String
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/String/Compare
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/String/Compare/ConstantTime.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String/Compare
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String/Compare/ConstantTime
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/String/Compare/ConstantTime/ConstantTime.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-String-Compare-ConstantTime/README
/usr/share/man/man3/String::Compare::ConstantTime.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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