How To Install openssl-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-libs in Fedora 36. openssl-libs is A general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssl-libs on Fedora 36.

What is openssl-libs

OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-libs package contains the libraries that are used by various applications which support cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

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

Install openssl-libs 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 openssl-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openssl-libs

Install openssl-libs 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 openssl-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssl-libs

How To Uninstall openssl-libs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the openssl-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openssl-libs

openssl-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pki/tls
/etc/pki/tls/certs
/etc/pki/tls/ct_log_list.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/fipsmodule.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/misc
/etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/private
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/242facb02ed00060b0beefc896d54c88c40ef1
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/50a5c9f956088a766ea919ef5932e33aa17a4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/307cdddcf047f901898de277835d101b090daa
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/d233cbe232272830cb8a871dc691095ab815e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/7e4278094d2d0ffdaf399824ef5202f947d5ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/28ffdacb7f9ad7506bdd2860468c2a5325a6f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/b0288490d38b80a17aaa01361b7c475f3f166f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/00f69aabcf3b0e86be7e0c8045e4b7f78d674c
/usr/lib64/engines-3
/usr/lib64/engines-3/afalg.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/capi.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/loader_attic.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/padlock.so
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.3
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.3.0.2
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.3
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.3.0.2
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules/fips.so
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules/legacy.so
/usr/share/licenses/openssl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/openssl-libs/LICENSE.txt
/etc/pki/tls
/etc/pki/tls/certs
/etc/pki/tls/ct_log_list.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/fipsmodule.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/misc
/etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
/etc/pki/tls/private
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/e50e55b9380345f1b59e1c9005542847d9cc5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/4aa99a9c2004e50a79259d814ee1acf29224eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/0a5cd87e986d98541c4fd92530c4fceccda44b
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/fba86a160556f13ea93ff0614ba78a1f956cbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/a1d29a82320386de851578506ef832c0e48ce5
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/7fd185debd27cabf9989b371d9c9cc9ebeaf12
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/2d9a61e179203226fd4151fdb74f8c1f20d6b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/a0b37350c214e70e1e2237c9b77cc5aac06d46
/usr/lib64/engines-3
/usr/lib64/engines-3/afalg.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/capi.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/loader_attic.so
/usr/lib64/engines-3/padlock.so
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.3
/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.3.0.2
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.3
/usr/lib64/libssl.so.3.0.2
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules/fips.so
/usr/lib64/ossl-modules/legacy.so
/usr/share/licenses/openssl-libs
/usr/share/licenses/openssl-libs/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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