How To Install keyutils-libs on CentOS 8

keyutils-libs is Key utilities library Key utilities library

Introduction

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

What is keyutils-libs

This package provides a wrapper library for the key management facility system calls. keyutils-libs 1.5.10 6.el8 i686 34 k keyutils-1.5.10-6.el8.src.rpm baseos Key utilities library http GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ This package provides a wrapper library for the key management facility system calls.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install keyutils-libs

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

sudo yum -y install keyutils-libs

How To Uninstall keyutils-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove keyutils-libs

keyutils-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/51f4017fb7c2ffb92f1d6c1603e7fc04e9be81
/usr/lib64/libkeyutils.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkeyutils.so.1.6
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils-libs/LICENCE.LGPL
/usr/share/man/man7/keyutils.7.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/a4fa92391c8ed017d8a9fb12218020f416eb42
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.6
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils-libs/LICENCE.LGPL
/usr/share/man/man7/keyutils.7.gz

References

Summary

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