How To Install libb2 on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libb2
on Fedora 34.
What is libb2
C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp. BLAKE2 is a cryptographic hash function faster than MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3, yet is at least as secure as the latest standard SHA-3. libb2 0.98.1 4.fc34 x86_64 23 k libb2-0.98.1-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp https CC0 C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp. BLAKE2 is a cryptographic hash function faster than MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, and SHA-3, yet is at least as secure as the latest standard SHA-3.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libb2
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libb2.
Install libb2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libb2
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libb2
Install libb2 on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libb2
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libb2
How To Uninstall libb2 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the libb2
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libb2
libb2 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/4d29035f15860cd02c3bfda7fa6d9e60da3dca
/usr/lib64/libb2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libb2.so.1.0.4
/usr/share/licenses/libb2
/usr/share/licenses/libb2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/eb4567d57018f2b65a655e0d6325ddf7d8e874
/usr/lib/libb2.so.1
/usr/lib/libb2.so.1.0.4
/usr/share/licenses/libb2
/usr/share/licenses/libb2/COPYING
References
- [libb2 website](https://blake2.net/ https://blake2.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libb2
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.