How To Install perl-Crypt-SSLeay on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-SSLeay on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Crypt-SSLeay

This perl module provides support for the https protocol under LWP, so that a LWP requests. Please see perldoc LWP for more information on POST requests. The Crypt automatically loaded by LWP and provides the necessary SSL glue for that module to work.

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

Install perl-Crypt-SSLeay on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Crypt-SSLeay

Install perl-Crypt-SSLeay 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 perl-Crypt-SSLeay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Crypt-SSLeay

How To Uninstall perl-Crypt-SSLeay on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Crypt-SSLeay

References

• perl-Crypt-SSLeay website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Crypt-SSLeay on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.