How To Install openssl-perl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-perl on CentOS 7.
What is openssl-perl
OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-perl package provides Perl scripts for converting certificates and keys from other formats to the formats used by the OpenSSL toolkit.
We can use yum or dnf to install openssl-perl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssl-perl.
Install openssl-perl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openssl-perl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openssl-perl
Install openssl-perl 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 openssl-perl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openssl-perl
How To Uninstall openssl-perl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openssl-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openssl-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-perl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.