How To Install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is crypto-devel
Crypto provides a simple implementation of the Rijndael (now AES) and DES encryption algorithms as well as the SHA1 and SHA2 hashing algorithms. The library is almost a verbatim copy of the code from OpenBSD and PuTTY. The crypto-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use crypto.
We can use yum or dnf to install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crypto-devel.
Install crypto-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 crypto-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install crypto-devel
Install crypto-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 crypto-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install crypto-devel
How To Uninstall crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the crypto-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove crypto-devel
crypto-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/crypto.h
/usr/include/crypto_version.h
/usr/include/rijndael.h
/usr/include/sha1.h
/usr/include/sha2.h
/usr/include/sshdes.h
/usr/lib64/libcrypto64.a
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel/README.md
/usr/share/doc/crypto-devel/crypto.README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/crypto-devel
/usr/share/licenses/crypto-devel/crypto.LICENSE.txt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.