How To Install perl-IO-Socket-Socks on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-Socks on CentOS 7. perl-IO-Socket-Socks is Provides a way to create socks (4 or 5) client or server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-Socks on CentOS 7.

What is perl-IO-Socket-Socks

IO connection to a remote host/port when the object is created. The object you receive can be used directly as a socket (with IO the remote host. In addition to creating a socks client, this module could be used to create a socks server.

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

Install perl-IO-Socket-Socks 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-IO-Socket-Socks using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-IO-Socket-Socks

Install perl-IO-Socket-Socks 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-IO-Socket-Socks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-IO-Socket-Socks

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Socket-Socks on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-IO-Socket-Socks package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-IO-Socket-Socks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-Socks on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.