How To Install softhsm-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm-devel on Rocky Linux 8. softhsm-devel is Development package of softhsm that includes the header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is softhsm-devel

The devel package contains the libsofthsm include files

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

Install softhsm-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 softhsm-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install softhsm-devel

Install softhsm-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 softhsm-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install softhsm-devel

How To Uninstall softhsm-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the softhsm-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove softhsm-devel

softhsm-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/softhsm
/usr/include/softhsm/P11Attributes.h
/usr/include/softhsm/P11Objects.h
/usr/include/softhsm/SoftHSM.h
/usr/include/softhsm/access.h

References

Summary

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