How To Install libwhirlpool on Fedora 34

libwhirlpool is Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library

Introduction

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

What is `libwhirlpool`

WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function library for UNIX and Linux. Also provides ‘whirlpoolsum’ utility for easy calculation and checking WHIRLPOOL hashes similar to ‘md5sum’ and ‘shaXXXsum’. libwhirlpool 1.0 13.fc34 x86_64 31 k libwhirlpool-1.0-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library https Public Domain WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function library for UNIX and Linux. Also provides ‘whirlpoolsum’ utility for easy calculation and checking WHIRLPOOL hashes similar to ‘md5sum’ and ‘shaXXXsum’.

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

Install libwhirlpool 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 libwhirlpool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwhirlpool

Install libwhirlpool 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 libwhirlpool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwhirlpool

How To Uninstall libwhirlpool on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwhirlpool

libwhirlpool Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/whirlpoolsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/f2765e7c7dc021ac0163ae0fb8cc832294591d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/84b603deee46d52865c91a001cebaca61edc77
/usr/lib64/libwhirlpool.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwhirlpool.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/whirlpoolsum.1.gz
/usr/bin/whirlpoolsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/17941ebb9fbfd163d8c824ca9df340aec5883f
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/c08921f4bd355a76a6bb3cbe2bc2e91b84f04c
/usr/lib/libwhirlpool.so.0
/usr/lib/libwhirlpool.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libwhirlpool/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool
/usr/share/licenses/libwhirlpool/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/whirlpoolsum.1.gz

References

[libwhirlpool website](https://github.com/dfateyev/libwhirlpool https://github.com/dfateyev/libwhirlpool)

Summary

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