How To Install libkcapi-fipscheck on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-fipscheck in Fedora 36. libkcapi-fipscheck is Drop-in replacements for fipscheck/fipshmac provided by the libkcapi package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-fipscheck on Fedora 36.

What is libkcapi-fipscheck

Provides drop-in replacements for fipscheck and fipshmac tools (from package fipscheck) using libkcapi.

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

Install libkcapi-fipscheck 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 libkcapi-fipscheck using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkcapi-fipscheck

Install libkcapi-fipscheck 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 libkcapi-fipscheck using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkcapi-fipscheck

How To Uninstall libkcapi-fipscheck on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libkcapi-fipscheck package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libkcapi-fipscheck

libkcapi-fipscheck Package Contents on Fedora 36

/lib64/fipscheck/fipscheck.hmac
/lib64/fipscheck/fipshmac.hmac
/usr/bin/fipscheck
/usr/bin/fipshmac
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/9b32f11fd6caaa67a89fd94acfbe489003dbdf
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/9b32f11fd6caaa67a89fd94acfbe489003dbdf.1

References

Summary

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