How To Install libfprint on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfprint on Rocky Linux 8. libfprint is Toolkit for fingerprint scanner

Introduction

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

What is libfprint

libfprint offers support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.

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

Install libfprint 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 libfprint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfprint

Install libfprint 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 libfprint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfprint

How To Uninstall libfprint on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libfprint

libfprint Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/c975315070b5075f8673ea7cd442f5ce52141d
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/21fe2438a0878ff35f03207aed4de7f9aaaa97
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/FPrint-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2
/usr/lib/libfprint-2.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-autosuspend.rules
/usr/share/doc/libfprint
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/README
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libfprint/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint
/usr/share/licenses/libfprint/COPYING

References

Summary

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