How To Install compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8. compat-openssl10 is Compatibility version of the OpenSSL library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is compat-openssl10

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. This version of OpenSSL package contains only the libraries and is provided for compatibility with previous releases and software that does not support compilation with OpenSSL-1.1.

We can use yum or dnf to install compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compat-openssl10.

Install compat-openssl10 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 compat-openssl10 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compat-openssl10

Install compat-openssl10 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 compat-openssl10 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compat-openssl10

How To Uninstall compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the compat-openssl10 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compat-openssl10

compat-openssl10 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pki
/etc/pki/openssl10.cnf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/6e9e7e0ae6ccab9734c5affef5b78661d2a2ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/c7eafd737be6f5aad14dab19d5b919b44bad10
/usr/lib/.libcrypto.so.1.0.2o.hmac
/usr/lib/.libcrypto.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib/.libssl.so.1.0.2o.hmac
/usr/lib/.libssl.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.2o
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.10
/usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.2o
/usr/lib/libssl.so.10
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README.FIPS
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README.legacy-settings
/usr/share/licenses/compat-openssl10
/usr/share/licenses/compat-openssl10/LICENSE
/etc/pki
/etc/pki/openssl10.cnf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/0237d6689562de46c1206a1da03c5ea0542ce1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/d6187da2f0fb4a5de69326cbab198c2a6c167e
/usr/lib64/.libcrypto.so.1.0.2o.hmac
/usr/lib64/.libcrypto.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib64/.libssl.so.1.0.2o.hmac
/usr/lib64/.libssl.so.10.hmac
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.2o
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.10
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.0.2o
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.10
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README.FIPS
/usr/share/doc/compat-openssl10/README.legacy-settings
/usr/share/licenses/compat-openssl10
/usr/share/licenses/compat-openssl10/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compat-openssl10 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.