How To Install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8. cryptsetup-libs is Cryptsetup shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8.

What is cryptsetup-libs

This package contains the cryptsetup shared library, libcryptsetup. This package contains the cryptsetup shared library, libcryptsetup. This package contains the cryptsetup shared library, libcryptsetup.

We can use yum or dnf to install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cryptsetup-libs.

Install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cryptsetup-libs

Install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup-libs

How To Uninstall cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cryptsetup-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cryptsetup-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.