How To Install stunnel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install stunnel in Fedora 36. stunnel is A TLS-encrypting socket wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stunnel on Fedora 36.

What is `stunnel`

Stunnel is a socket wrapper which can provide TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) support to ordinary applications. For example, it can be used in conjunction with imapd to create a TLS secure IMAP server.

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

Install stunnel 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 stunnel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stunnel

Install stunnel 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 stunnel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stunnel

How To Uninstall stunnel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the stunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove stunnel

stunnel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/stunnel
/usr/bin/stunnel
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/66290b8cb0c881b510e444e55df64a7860b2d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/f13fbae8555cce4710c4a39f4b95b40240f3c7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/stunnel.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/stunnel
/usr/lib64/stunnel/libstunnel.so
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/stunnel.bash
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/Certificate-Creation
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/VNC_StunnelHOWTO.html
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/faq.stunnel-2.html
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/pop3-redirect.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/sfinger.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel-pop3s-client.conf
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel-sfinger.conf
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/stunnel.conf-sample
/usr/share/doc/stunnel/tworzenie_certyfikatow.html
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel/COPYING.md
/usr/share/licenses/stunnel/COPYRIGHT.md
/usr/share/man/man8/stunnel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man8/stunnel.8.gz

References

stunnel website

Summary

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