How To Install haveged-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install haveged-devel on Rocky Linux 8. haveged-devel is Headers and shared development libraries for HAVEGE algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install haveged-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is haveged-devel

Headers and shared object symbolic links for the HAVEGE algorithm

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

Install haveged-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 haveged-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install haveged-devel

Install haveged-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 haveged-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install haveged-devel

How To Uninstall haveged-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the haveged-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove haveged-devel

haveged-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/haveged
/usr/include/haveged/havege.h
/usr/lib64/libhavege.so
/usr/share/doc/haveged-devel
/usr/share/doc/haveged-devel/havege_sample.c
/usr/share/man/man3/libhavege.3.gz

References

Summary

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