How To Install cryptopp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptopp on Rocky Linux 8. cryptopp is C++ class library of cryptographic schemes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptopp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cryptopp

Crypto++ Library is a free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes. See http One purpose of Crypto++ is to act as a repository of public domain (not copyrighted) source code. Although the library is copyrighted as a compilation, the individual files in it are in the public domain.

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

Install cryptopp 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 cryptopp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cryptopp

Install cryptopp 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 cryptopp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cryptopp

How To Uninstall cryptopp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cryptopp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cryptopp

cryptopp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/6cc6a76c5ab7bd6592a21aab7b813757cfd4ca
/usr/lib64/libcryptopp.so.8
/usr/lib64/libcryptopp.so.8.2.0
/usr/share/doc/cryptopp
/usr/share/doc/cryptopp/Readme.txt
/usr/share/licenses/cryptopp
/usr/share/licenses/cryptopp/License.txt

References

Summary

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