How To Install luksmeta on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install luksmeta on Rocky Linux 8. luksmeta is Utility for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header

Introduction

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

What is luksmeta

LUKSMeta is a command line utility for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

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

Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install luksmeta

Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install luksmeta

How To Uninstall luksmeta on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove luksmeta

luksmeta Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/luksmeta
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/620b8ca1b0abd7d63dee470dbc81b79d677d5c
/usr/share/man/man8/luksmeta.8.gz

References

Summary

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