How To Install perl-Socket6 on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Socket6 on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Socket6

This module supports getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() to intend to enable protocol independent programming. If your environment supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Socket6 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Socket6.

Install perl-Socket6 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-Socket6 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Socket6

Install perl-Socket6 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-Socket6 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Socket6

How To Uninstall perl-Socket6 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Socket6 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Socket6

References

• perl-Socket6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Socket6 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.