How To Install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8. crypto-devel is Development files for crypto

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is crypto-devel

Crypto provides a simple implementation of the Rijndael (now AES) and DES encryption algorithms as well as the SHA1 and SHA2 hashing algorithms. The library is almost a verbatim copy of the code from OpenBSD and PuTTY. The crypto-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use crypto.

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

Install crypto-devel 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 crypto-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install crypto-devel

Install crypto-devel 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 crypto-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install crypto-devel

How To Uninstall crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove crypto-devel

crypto-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/crypto.h
/usr/include/crypto_version.h
/usr/include/rijndael.h
/usr/include/sha1.h
/usr/include/sha2.h
/usr/include/sshdes.h
/usr/lib64/libcrypto64.a
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel/crypto.README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/crypto-devel
/usr/share/licenses/crypto-devel/crypto.LICENSE.txt

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Summary

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