How To Install libwhirlpool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwhirlpool on Rocky Linux 8. libwhirlpool is Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library

Introduction

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

What is libwhirlpool

WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function library for UNIX and Linux. Also provides ‘whirlpoolsum’ utility for easy calculation and checking WHIRLPOOL hashes similar to ‘md5sum’ and ‘shaXXXsum’.

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

Install libwhirlpool 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 libwhirlpool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwhirlpool

Install libwhirlpool 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 libwhirlpool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwhirlpool

How To Uninstall libwhirlpool on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwhirlpool

libwhirlpool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/whirlpoolsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/15f734cb4655638b897c45bdf0e93be4e985c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/04e578d166100429218544d101ddcdd2dd2dc8
/usr/lib64/libwhirlpool.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwhirlpool.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/whirlpoolsum.1.gz

References

Summary

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