How To Install perl-Net-SNMP on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-SNMP on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Net-SNMP

The Net the Simple Network Management Protocol. Perl applications can use the module to retrieve or update information on a remote host using the SNMP protocol. The module supports SNMP version-1, SNMP version-2c (Community-Based SNMPv2), and SNMP version-3. The Net of the Simple Network Management Protocol and related network management concepts.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Net-SNMP

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Net-SNMP

How To Uninstall perl-Net-SNMP on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Net-SNMP

References

• perl-Net-SNMP website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-SNMP on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.