How To Install openssl11 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl11 on CentOS 7. openssl11 is Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl11 on CentOS 7.

What is openssl11

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

We can use yum or dnf to install openssl11 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openssl11.

Install openssl11 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install openssl11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssl11

Install openssl11 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 openssl11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openssl11

How To Uninstall openssl11 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the openssl11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openssl11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl11 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.