How To Install libxcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt-devel
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libxcrypt-devel
The libxcrypt-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libxcrypt.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libxcrypt-devel
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxcrypt-devel.
Install libxcrypt-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 libxcrypt-devel
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libxcrypt-devel
Install libxcrypt-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 libxcrypt-devel
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libxcrypt-devel
How To Uninstall libxcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libxcrypt-devel
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libxcrypt-devel
libxcrypt-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/lib/libcrypt.so
/usr/include/crypt.h
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcrypt.pc
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxcrypt.pc
/usr/share/doc/libxcrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libxcrypt/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_gensalt.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_r.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_ra.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_rn.3.gz
/lib64/libcrypt.so
/usr/include/crypt.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libcrypt.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libxcrypt.pc
/usr/share/doc/libxcrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libxcrypt/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_gensalt.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_r.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_ra.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/crypt_rn.3.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcrypt-devel
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.