How To Install cryptsetup-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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 cryptsetup-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup-devel
Install cryptsetup-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 cryptsetup-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cryptsetup-devel
How To Uninstall cryptsetup-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the cryptsetup-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cryptsetup-devel
cryptsetup-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/libcryptsetup.h
/usr/lib/libcryptsetup.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcryptsetup.pc
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_log_usage.c
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_luks_usage.c
/usr/include/libcryptsetup.h
/usr/lib64/libcryptsetup.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libcryptsetup.pc
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_log_usage.c
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-devel/crypt_luks_usage.c
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.