How To Install libkcapi-tools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-tools in Fedora 36. libkcapi-tools is Utility applications for the libkcapi package

Introduction

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

What is `libkcapi-tools`

Utility applications that are provided with libkcapi. This includes tools to use message digests, symmetric ciphers and random number generators implemented in the Linux kernel from command line.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libkcapi-tools

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

sudo yum -y install libkcapi-tools

How To Uninstall libkcapi-tools on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libkcapi-tools

libkcapi-tools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/kcapi
/usr/bin/kcapi-convenience
/usr/bin/kcapi-dgst
/usr/bin/kcapi-enc
/usr/bin/kcapi-enc-test-large
/usr/bin/kcapi-rng
/usr/bin/kcapi-speed
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/5ad978acb6617c5c8f98f23bc09af16e70bd5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/e6924cba78b4d0096b2b685f41c00f0c9eae96
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/982e74eb04e2a5465a6712ec267b567aadefbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/a2f635a9f69253b13104f0d77d67f54742f4be
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/ea8ebb528a619383830cd1725d09aa70e67383
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/8df4d9e46b1461f8834c48a8c09ce84444b22a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/2d59a85bd2eca701036ce2482f33233d590df3
/usr/share/man/man1/kcapi-dgst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kcapi-enc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/kcapi-rng.1.gz

References

libkcapi-tools website

Summary

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