How To Install dislocker-libs on CentOS 8

dislocker-libs is Libraries for applications using dislocker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dislocker-libs on CentOS 8.

What is dislocker-libs

The dislocker-libs package provides the essential shared libraries for any dislocker client program or interface.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install dislocker-libs

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

sudo yum -y install dislocker-libs

How To Uninstall dislocker-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dislocker-libs

dislocker-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/3cc1d2df56947c124c054bb4f1af0ec9e0907a
/usr/lib64/libdislocker.so
/usr/lib64/libdislocker.so.0.7
/usr/lib64/libdislocker.so.0.7.2
/usr/share/doc/dislocker-libs
/usr/share/doc/dislocker-libs/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/dislocker-libs/README
/usr/share/licenses/dislocker-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dislocker-libs/LICENSE

References

Summary

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