How To Install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8. clevis-udisks2 is UDisks2/Storaged integration for clevis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is clevis-udisks2

Automatically unlocks LUKS block devices in desktop environments that use UDisks2 or storaged (like GNOME).

We can use yum or dnf to install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clevis-udisks2.

Install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clevis-udisks2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clevis-udisks2

Install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clevis-udisks2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clevis-udisks2

How To Uninstall clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the clevis-udisks2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clevis-udisks2

clevis-udisks2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/clevis-luks-udisks2.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/d1757911587f0bc954738ccfcbf97cb91f10b0
/usr/libexec/clevis-luks-udisks2

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.