How To Install perl-Net-SMTPS on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-SMTPS on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Net-SMTPS is SSL/STARTTLS support for Net

Introduction

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

What is perl-Net-SMTPS

This module implements a wrapper for Net support. This module inherits all the methods from Net all the friendly options that came bundled with Net the SSL usage with the options of new() constructor method. ‘doSSL’ option is the switch, and, If you would like to control detailed SSL settings, you can set SSL_* options that are brought from IO document of IO

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

Install perl-Net-SMTPS 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-Net-SMTPS using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Net-SMTPS

Install perl-Net-SMTPS 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-Net-SMTPS using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Net-SMTPS

How To Uninstall perl-Net-SMTPS on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Net-SMTPS

perl-Net-SMTPS Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-SMTPS
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-SMTPS/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-SMTPS/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Net::SMTPS.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Net
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/SMTPS.pm

References

Summary

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