How To Install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-crypto in Fedora 36. libblockdev-crypto is The crypto plugin for the libblockdev library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36.

What is libblockdev-crypto

The libblockdev library plugin (and in the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to encrypted devices (LUKS).

We can use yum or dnf to install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libblockdev-crypto.

Install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-crypto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libblockdev-crypto

Install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libblockdev-crypto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libblockdev-crypto

How To Uninstall libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libblockdev-crypto package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libblockdev-crypto

libblockdev-crypto Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/ac90a93ff1e675b64a479bd15e33b3c278ec7d
/usr/lib64/libbd_crypto.so.2
/usr/lib64/libbd_crypto.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-crypto on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).