How To Install keyutils on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is keyutils
Utilities to control the kernel key management facility and to provide a mechanism by which the kernel call back to user space to get a key instantiated.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install keyutils
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install keyutils.
Install keyutils on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install keyutils
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install keyutils
Install keyutils on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install keyutils
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install keyutils
How To Uninstall keyutils on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the keyutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove keyutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.