How To Install libluksmeta on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluksmeta on Rocky Linux 8. libluksmeta is Library for storing small metadata in the LUKSv1 header

Introduction

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

What is libluksmeta

LUKSMeta is a C library for storing small portions of metadata in the LUKSv1 header for use before unlocking the volume.

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

Install libluksmeta 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 libluksmeta using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libluksmeta

Install libluksmeta 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 libluksmeta using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libluksmeta

How To Uninstall libluksmeta on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libluksmeta

libluksmeta Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/061ed8be45ee0997cdac2ad37bfc37bc3c255a
/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0
/usr/lib/libluksmeta.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/06060d91db575b46d45043a10e71f371077fbb
/usr/lib64/libluksmeta.so.0
/usr/lib64/libluksmeta.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta
/usr/share/licenses/libluksmeta/COPYING

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Summary

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