How To Install libmcrypt on Fedora 34

libmcrypt is Encryption algorithms library Encryption algorithms library

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

Summary

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