How To Install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent on CentOS 7. perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent is Cache the result of http get-requests persistently

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent on CentOS 7.

What is perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent

HTTP keeps a local cache of fetched pages to avoid fetching the same data from the server if it hasn’t been updated. The cache is stored on disk and is thus persistent between invocations.

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

Install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent 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-HTTP-Cache-Transparent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent

Install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent 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-HTTP-Cache-Transparent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent

How To Uninstall perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.