How To Install libewf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf on Rocky Linux 8. libewf is Library for the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libewf

Libewf is a library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF), it support both the SMART format (EWF-S01) and the EnCase format (EWF-E01). Libewf allows you to read and write media information within the EWF files.

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

Install libewf 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 libewf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libewf

Install libewf 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 libewf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libewf

How To Uninstall libewf on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libewf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libewf

libewf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/6f19b0854f7022cc5da6edd8947ae58e51913f
/usr/lib64/libewf.so.2
/usr/lib64/libewf.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libewf
/usr/share/doc/libewf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libewf/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libewf
/usr/share/licenses/libewf/COPYING

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Summary

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