How To Install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8. compat-openssl10 is Compatibility version of the OpenSSL library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8.

What is compat-openssl10

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. This version of OpenSSL package contains only the libraries and is provided for compatibility with previous releases and software that does not support compilation with OpenSSL-1.1. The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. This version of OpenSSL package contains only the libraries and is provided for compatibility with previous releases and software that does not support compilation with OpenSSL-1.1.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-openssl10.

Install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-openssl10 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-openssl10

Install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install compat-openssl10 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-openssl10

How To Uninstall compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the compat-openssl10 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-openssl10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.