How To Install libb2 on Fedora 34

libb2 is C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp C library providing BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, BLAKE2bp, BLAKE2sp

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libb2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.