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

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-Timeout on CentOS 7. perl-IO-Socket-Timeout is IO::Socket with read/write timeout

Introduction

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

What is perl-IO-Socket-Timeout

IO timeout will be used only for connection, not for reading / writing operations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove perl-IO-Socket-Timeout

References

Summary

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