How To Install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7. nodejs-hawk is HTTP Hawk authentication scheme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7.

What is nodejs-hawk

Hawk is an HTTP authentication scheme using a message authentication code (MAC) algorithm to provide partial HTTP request cryptographic verification.

We can use yum or dnf to install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nodejs-hawk.

Install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install nodejs-hawk

Install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7 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 nodejs-hawk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nodejs-hawk

How To Uninstall nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nodejs-hawk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nodejs-hawk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-hawk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.