How To Install libretls on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretls on Rocky Linux 8. libretls is Port of libtls from LibreSSL to OpenSSL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libretls on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libretls

LibreTLS is a port of libtls from LibreSSL to OpenSSL. OpenBSD’s libtls is a new TLS library, designed to make it easier to write foolproof applications.

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

Install libretls 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 libretls using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libretls

Install libretls 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 libretls using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libretls

How To Uninstall libretls on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libretls

libretls Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/babe90463ae045833cd73ca1598317ed50c103
/usr/lib64/libtls.so.20
/usr/lib64/libtls.so.20.0.3
/usr/share/doc/libretls
/usr/share/doc/libretls/README
/usr/share/man/man7/libtls.7.gz

References

Summary

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