How To Install libksba on Fedora 34

libksba is CMS and X.509 library CMS and X.509 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libksba on Fedora 34.

What is libksba

KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both specifications are building blocks of S/MIME and TLS. libksba 1.5.0 2.fc34 i686 157 k libksba-1.5.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora CMS and X.509 library https (LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+) and GPLv3+ KSBA (pronounced Kasbah) is a library to make X.509 certificates as well as the CMS easily accessible by other applications. Both specifications are building blocks of S/MIME and TLS.

We can use yum or dnf to install libksba on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libksba.

Install libksba 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 libksba using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libksba

Install libksba 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 libksba using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libksba

How To Uninstall libksba on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libksba package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libksba

libksba Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/b8a545066a2b6a7f54e4ffc20d9b9ff34923fb
/usr/lib/libksba.so.8
/usr/lib/libksba.so.8.13.0
/usr/share/doc/libksba
/usr/share/doc/libksba/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libksba/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/README
/usr/share/doc/libksba/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libksba
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.LGPLv3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/8b4c086728e7d8964a494e4f60cc22118043c5
/usr/lib64/libksba.so.8
/usr/lib64/libksba.so.8.13.0
/usr/share/doc/libksba
/usr/share/doc/libksba/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libksba/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/README
/usr/share/doc/libksba/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libksba/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libksba
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/licenses/libksba/COPYING.LGPLv3

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Summary

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