How To Install cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8

cryptsetup-devel is Headers and libraries for using encrypted file systems Headers and libraries for using encrypted file systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `cryptsetup-devel`

The cryptsetup-devel package contains libraries and header files used for writing code that makes use of disk encryption. cryptsetup-devel 2.3.3 4.el8 x86_64 30 k cryptsetup-2.3.3-4.el8.src.rpm appstream Headers and libraries for using encrypted file systems https GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ The cryptsetup-devel package contains libraries and header files used for writing code that makes use of disk encryption.

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

Install cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup-devel

Install cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cryptsetup-devel

How To Uninstall cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cryptsetup-devel

cryptsetup-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/libcryptsetup.h
/usr/lib/libcryptsetup.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcryptsetup.pc
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_log_usage.c
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_luks_usage.c
/usr/include/libcryptsetup.h
/usr/lib64/libcryptsetup.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libcryptsetup.pc
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_log_usage.c
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_luks_usage.c

References

[cryptsetup-devel website](https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.