How To Install libgcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libgcrypt-devel
Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GNU Privacy Guard. This package contains files needed to develop applications using libgcrypt.
We can use yum or dnf to install libgcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgcrypt-devel.
Install libgcrypt-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 libgcrypt-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libgcrypt-devel
Install libgcrypt-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 libgcrypt-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libgcrypt-devel
How To Uninstall libgcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libgcrypt-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libgcrypt-devel
libgcrypt-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/dumpsexp
/usr/bin/hmac256
/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
/usr/bin/mpicalc
/usr/include/gcrypt.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/391e1c2281b51734e061b36f94aa86bc8fffd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/33c410c7d716c4bec800740c40966b026e516e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/cef22af2aeba1b3a15a094d839241e2ebd4284
/usr/lib/libgcrypt.so
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/libgcrypt-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libgcrypt-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hmac256.1.gz
/usr/bin/dumpsexp
/usr/bin/hmac256
/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
/usr/bin/mpicalc
/usr/include/gcrypt.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/17fe82c9bc593eea0267e00b84f0c39abac421
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/939aba616cb41f9e503ece386ac6bf5f829df8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/a48f584f2013b67c1e7af113b9dcc3a87ce5aa
/usr/lib64/libgcrypt.so
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/gcrypt.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/libgcrypt-devel
/usr/share/licenses/libgcrypt-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/hmac256.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.