How To Install gnutls-c++ on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-c++ on Rocky Linux 8. gnutls-c++ is The C++ interface to GnuTLS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-c++ on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gnutls-c++

GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP and other required structures.

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

Install gnutls-c++ 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 gnutls-c++ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnutls-c++

Install gnutls-c++ 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 gnutls-c++ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnutls-c++

How To Uninstall gnutls-c++ on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnutls-c++ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnutls-c++

gnutls-c++ Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/f340b94d32fbc9073c14cd6a7ac490f7754377
/usr/lib64/libgnutlsxx.so.28
/usr/lib64/libgnutlsxx.so.28.1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/c68a30b3a45c371e0692aaedfc75971775cdd4
/usr/lib/libgnutlsxx.so.28
/usr/lib/libgnutlsxx.so.28.1.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-c++ on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.