How To Install libseccomp on Fedora 34

libseccomp is Enhanced seccomp library Enhanced seccomp library

Introduction

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

What is `libseccomp`

The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel. libseccomp 2.5.0 4.fc34 x86_64 71 k libseccomp-2.5.0-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora Enhanced seccomp library https LGPLv2 The libseccomp library provides an easy to use interface to the Linux Kernel’s syscall filtering mechanism, seccomp. The libseccomp API allows an application to specify which syscalls, and optionally which syscall arguments, the application is allowed to execute, all of which are enforced by the Linux Kernel.

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

Install libseccomp 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 libseccomp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libseccomp

Install libseccomp 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 libseccomp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libseccomp

How To Uninstall libseccomp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libseccomp

libseccomp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/8127d268bfcca1df3f180b752db98b30bac683
/usr/lib64/libseccomp.so.2
/usr/lib64/libseccomp.so.2.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libseccomp
/usr/share/licenses/libseccomp/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/6325ecbfe091f02396f19ea353ed925ee7e294
/usr/lib/libseccomp.so.2
/usr/lib/libseccomp.so.2.5.0
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libseccomp/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libseccomp
/usr/share/licenses/libseccomp/LICENSE

References

[libseccomp website](https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp)

Summary

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