How To Install cryptsetup-devel on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is cryptsetup-devel
The cryptsetup-devel package contains libraries and header files used for writing code that makes use of disk encryption.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install cryptsetup-devel
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cryptsetup-devel.
Install cryptsetup-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup-devel
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup-devel
Install cryptsetup-devel on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup-devel
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cryptsetup-devel
How To Uninstall cryptsetup-devel on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the cryptsetup-devel
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cryptsetup-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.