How To Install perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7. perl-String-CRC32 is Perl interface for cyclic redundancy check generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7.

What is perl-String-CRC32

This packages provides a perl module to generate checksums from strings and from files. The checksums are the same as those calculated by ZMODEM, PKZIP, PICCHECK and many others. There’s another perl module called String calculation of CRC values of various widths (i.e. not just 32 bits), but the generated sums differ from those of the programs mentioned above.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-String-CRC32.

Install perl-String-CRC32 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-String-CRC32 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-String-CRC32

Install perl-String-CRC32 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-String-CRC32 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-String-CRC32

How To Uninstall perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-String-CRC32 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-String-CRC32

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-String-CRC32 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.