How To Install myproxy-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install myproxy-libs on Rocky Linux 8. myproxy-libs is Manage X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security credentials

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install myproxy-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `myproxy-libs`

MyProxy is open source software for managing X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security credentials (certificates and private keys). MyProxy combines an online credential repository with an online certificate authority to allow users to securely obtain credentials when and where needed. Users run myproxy-logon to authenticate and obtain credentials, including trusted CA certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). Package myproxy-libs contains runtime libs for MyProxy.

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

Install myproxy-libs 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 myproxy-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install myproxy-libs

Install myproxy-libs 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 myproxy-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install myproxy-libs

How To Uninstall myproxy-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the myproxy-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove myproxy-libs

myproxy-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/b7aad12c9a2ff82bf3f12ed926175b4e310a45
/usr/lib64/libmyproxy.so.6
/usr/lib64/libmyproxy.so.6.0.2
/usr/share/doc/myproxy
/usr/share/doc/myproxy/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/myproxy/README
/usr/share/doc/myproxy/README.sasl
/usr/share/doc/myproxy/REPOSITORY
/usr/share/doc/myproxy/VERSION
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs/LICENSE.netbsd
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs/LICENSE.pidfile
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs/LICENSE.safefile
/usr/share/licenses/myproxy-libs/LICENSE.sasl

References

myproxy-libs website

Summary

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