How To Install perl-GSSAPI on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-GSSAPI on Rocky Linux 8. perl-GSSAPI is Perl extension providing access to the GSSAPIv2 library

Introduction

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

What is perl-GSSAPI

This module gives access to the routines of the GSSAPI library, as described in rfc2743 and rfc2744 and implemented by the Kerberos-1.2 distribution from MIT.

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

Install perl-GSSAPI 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-GSSAPI using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-GSSAPI

Install perl-GSSAPI 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-GSSAPI using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-GSSAPI

How To Uninstall perl-GSSAPI on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-GSSAPI

perl-GSSAPI Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/049cf15b550ae9e1723632dba6ea266ae41603
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI/OID
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI/OID.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI/OID/Set.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/GSSAPI/Status.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GSSAPI
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/GSSAPI/GSSAPI.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/examples/getcred_hostbased.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/examples/gss-client.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-GSSAPI/examples/gss-server.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/GSSAPI.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GSSAPI::OID.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GSSAPI::OID::Set.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/GSSAPI::Status.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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