How To Install ssdeep-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssdeep-libs on Rocky Linux 8. ssdeep-libs is Runtime libfuzzy library

Introduction

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

What is ssdeep-libs

The ssdeep-libs package contains libraries needed by applications that use libfuzzy.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ssdeep-libs

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

sudo yum -y install ssdeep-libs

How To Uninstall ssdeep-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ssdeep-libs

ssdeep-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/7b5a7165b8f32e4d07719c4e02c848726f6f28
/usr/lib64/libfuzzy.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfuzzy.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/ssdeep-libs
/usr/share/licenses/ssdeep-libs/COPYING

References

Summary

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