How To Install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8. perl-AuthCAS is Client library for CAS 2.0 authentication server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-AuthCAS

AuthCAS aims at providing a Perl API to Yale’s Central Authentication System (CAS). Only a basic Perl library is provided with CAS whereas AuthCAS is a full object-oriented library.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-AuthCAS.

Install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-AuthCAS

Install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install perl-AuthCAS

How To Uninstall perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-AuthCAS package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-AuthCAS

perl-AuthCAS Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-AuthCAS
/usr/share/doc/perl-AuthCAS/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-AuthCAS/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-AuthCAS
/usr/share/licenses/perl-AuthCAS/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/AuthCAS.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/AuthCAS.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-AuthCAS on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.