How To Install libmcrypt on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcrypt
on Fedora 34.
What is libmcrypt
Libmcrypt is a thread-safe library providing a uniform interface to access several block and stream encryption algorithms. libmcrypt 2.5.8 29.fc34 x86_64 107 k libmcrypt-2.5.8-29.fc34.src.rpm fedora Encryption algorithms library http LGPLv2+ Libmcrypt is a thread-safe library providing a uniform interface to access several block and stream encryption algorithms.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install libmcrypt
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmcrypt.
Install libmcrypt 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 libmcrypt
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libmcrypt
Install libmcrypt 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 libmcrypt
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libmcrypt
How To Uninstall libmcrypt on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the libmcrypt
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libmcrypt
libmcrypt Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/2e3b63203df87bab288ca21b7be0db26368e64
/usr/lib/libmcrypt.so.4
/usr/lib/libmcrypt.so.4.4.8
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/KNOWN-BUGS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/README
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/mcrypt.3.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/fe436f896eb66ef50b2915c1c8e0b07b4120c9
/usr/lib64/libmcrypt.so.4
/usr/lib64/libmcrypt.so.4.4.8
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/KNOWN-BUGS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/README
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/mcrypt.3.gz
References
- [libmcrypt website](http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/ http://mcrypt.sourceforge.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcrypt
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.