How To Install keyutils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils in Fedora 36. keyutils is Linux Key Management Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils on Fedora 36.

What is keyutils

Utilities to control the kernel key management facility and to provide a mechanism by which the kernel call back to user space to get a key instantiated.

We can use yum or dnf to install keyutils on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install keyutils.

Install keyutils on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install keyutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install keyutils

Install keyutils on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install keyutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install keyutils

How To Uninstall keyutils on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove keyutils

keyutils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/request-key.conf
/etc/request-key.d
/usr/bin/keyctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/2abdeb38bb31ddab7226502634ad7bc1c3dcc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/089d943091478b9eb787e12c1a81a33facb7ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/574b867ef9275f65e014d3bfe15731fe426974
/usr/sbin/key.dns_resolver
/usr/sbin/request-key
/usr/share/doc/keyutils
/usr/share/doc/keyutils/README
/usr/share/keyutils
/usr/share/keyutils/request-key-debug.sh
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils
/usr/share/licenses/keyutils/LICENCE.GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/keyctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/request-key.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/key.dns_resolver.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/request-key.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).