How To Install perl-Net-Telnet on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-Telnet on CentOS 7. perl-Net-Telnet is Net-Telnet Perl module

Introduction

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

What is perl-Net-Telnet

Net and do network I/O, especially to a port using the TELNET protocol. Simple I/O methods such as print, get, and getline are provided. More sophisticated interactive features are provided because connecting to a TELNET port ultimately means communicating with a program designed for human interaction. These interactive features include the ability to specify a time-out and to wait for patterns to appear in the input stream, such as the prompt from a shell.

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

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Net-Telnet

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Net-Telnet

How To Uninstall perl-Net-Telnet on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Net-Telnet

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Summary

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