How To Install libluksmeta on Fedora 34

libluksmeta is Library for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header Library for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header

Introduction

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

What is `libluksmeta`

LUKSMeta is a C library for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume. libluksmeta 9 10.fc34 x86_64 25 k luksmeta-9-10.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header https LGPLv2+ LUKSMeta is a C library for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

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

Install libluksmeta 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 libluksmeta using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libluksmeta

Install libluksmeta 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 libluksmeta using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libluksmeta

How To Uninstall libluksmeta on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libluksmeta

libluksmeta Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/c117a6024f725c8bc782928e239cb19837cac7
/usr/lib64/libluksmeta.so.0
/usr/lib64/libluksmeta.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/8d41dd5e39edb98531dae1bf2b2c07cd482b95
/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0
/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta/COPYING

References

[libluksmeta website](https://github.com/latchset/luksmeta https://github.com/latchset/luksmeta)

Summary

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