How To Install luksmeta on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install luksmeta in Fedora 36. luksmeta is Utility for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install luksmeta on Fedora 36.

What is luksmeta

LUKSMeta is a command line utility for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

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

Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install luksmeta

Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install luksmeta

How To Uninstall luksmeta on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the luksmeta package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove luksmeta

luksmeta Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/luksmeta
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/f49dd2abdfa441b9954aa9910eebb3088175ee
/usr/share/man/man8/luksmeta.8.gz

References

Summary

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