How To Install perl-Term-ReadPassword on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Term-ReadPassword on CentOS 7. perl-Term-ReadPassword is Asking the user for a password

Introduction

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

What is perl-Term-ReadPassword

This module lets you ask the user for a password in the traditional way, from the keyboard, without echoing.

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

Install perl-Term-ReadPassword 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-Term-ReadPassword using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Term-ReadPassword

Install perl-Term-ReadPassword 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-Term-ReadPassword using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Term-ReadPassword

How To Uninstall perl-Term-ReadPassword on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Term-ReadPassword

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Summary

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