How To Install libscrypt on Fedora 34

libscrypt is Library that implements the secure password hashing function “scrypt”

Introduction

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

What is `libscrypt`

This is a library that implements the secure password hashing function “scrypt”. libscrypt 1.21 15.fc34 x86_64 23 k libscrypt-1.21-15.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library that implements the secure password hashing function “scrypt” http BSD This is a library that implements the secure password hashing function “scrypt”.

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

Install libscrypt 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 libscrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libscrypt

Install libscrypt 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 libscrypt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libscrypt

How To Uninstall libscrypt on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libscrypt

libscrypt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/62df1ceeb4bb348bc8a98838449e4d4069aa1e
/usr/lib64/libscrypt.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libscrypt
/usr/share/doc/libscrypt/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libscrypt
/usr/share/licenses/libscrypt/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/1882a40920ed43c299ca8f38563293324c8e68
/usr/lib/libscrypt.so.0
/usr/share/doc/libscrypt
/usr/share/doc/libscrypt/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libscrypt
/usr/share/licenses/libscrypt/LICENSE

References

[libscrypt website](http://www.lolware.net/libscrypt.html http://www.lolware.net/libscrypt.html)

Summary

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