How To Install yubico-piv-tool-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install yubico-piv-tool-devel on Rocky Linux 8. yubico-piv-tool-devel is Tool for interacting with the PIV applet on a YubiKey

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yubico-piv-tool-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is yubico-piv-tool-devel

The Yubico PIV tool is used for interacting with the Privilege and Identification Card (PIV) applet on a YubiKey. This package includes development files.

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

Install yubico-piv-tool-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 yubico-piv-tool-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yubico-piv-tool-devel

Install yubico-piv-tool-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 yubico-piv-tool-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yubico-piv-tool-devel

How To Uninstall yubico-piv-tool-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the yubico-piv-tool-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yubico-piv-tool-devel

yubico-piv-tool-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/ykpiv
/usr/include/ykpiv/ykpiv-config.h
/usr/include/ykpiv/ykpiv.h
/usr/lib64/libykcs11.so
/usr/lib64/libykpiv.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ykcs11.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ykpiv.pc

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Summary

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