How To Install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8. RdRand-devel is Development files for the RdRand

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is RdRand-devel

Headers and shared object symbolic links for the RdRand.

We can use yum or dnf to install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install RdRand-devel.

Install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install RdRand-devel

Install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install RdRand-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install RdRand-devel

How To Uninstall RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the RdRand-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove RdRand-devel

RdRand-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/librdrand-aes.h
/usr/include/librdrand.h
/usr/lib64/librdrand.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/librdrand.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/librdrand.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install RdRand-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.