How To Install erlang-crypto on CentOS 8

erlang-crypto is Cryptographical support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-crypto on CentOS 8.

What is erlang-crypto

Cryptographical support.

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

Install erlang-crypto 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 erlang-crypto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-crypto

Install erlang-crypto 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 erlang-crypto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-crypto

How To Uninstall erlang-crypto on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the erlang-crypto package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlang-crypto

erlang-crypto Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/aca649e47e58264f8b38d30e8a2ab2b9df37e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/356346ef5b7c40f71142d657d003859598eb51
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/5caeb325e34467898da076cf8ca87308023c65
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/ebin/crypto.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/ebin/crypto.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/ebin/crypto.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/ebin/crypto_ec_curves.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/priv/lib
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/priv/lib/crypto.so
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/priv/lib/crypto_callback.so
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/crypto-4.5.1/priv/lib/otp_test_engine.so

References

Summary

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