How To Install ssdeep-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssdeep-libs on CentOS 8.
What is ssdeep-libs
The ssdeep-libs package contains libraries needed by applications that use libfuzzy.
We can use yum or dnf to install ssdeep-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ssdeep-libs.
Install ssdeep-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 ssdeep-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ssdeep-libs
Install ssdeep-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 ssdeep-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ssdeep-libs
How To Uninstall ssdeep-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ssdeep-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ssdeep-libs
ssdeep-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/7b5a7165b8f32e4d07719c4e02c848726f6f28
/usr/lib64/libfuzzy.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfuzzy.so.2.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/ssdeep-libs
/usr/share/licenses/ssdeep-libs/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssdeep-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.