How To Install hmaccalc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hmaccalc on CentOS 7.
What is hmaccalc
The hmaccalc package contains tools which can calculate HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) values for files. The names and interfaces are meant to mimic the sha*sum tools provided by the coreutils package.
We can use yum or dnf to install hmaccalc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hmaccalc.
Install hmaccalc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hmaccalc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hmaccalc
Install hmaccalc 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 hmaccalc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hmaccalc
How To Uninstall hmaccalc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hmaccalc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hmaccalc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hmaccalc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
