How To Install fipscheck on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fipscheck on CentOS 7.
What is fipscheck
FIPSCheck is a library for integrity verification of FIPS validated modules. The package also provides helper binaries for creation and verification of the HMAC-SHA256 checksum files.
We can use yum or dnf to install fipscheck on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fipscheck.
Install fipscheck on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fipscheck using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fipscheck
Install fipscheck on CentOS 7 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 fipscheck using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fipscheck
How To Uninstall fipscheck on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fipscheck package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fipscheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fipscheck on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
