How To Install libmcrypt on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcrypt on CentOS 7.
What is libmcrypt
Libmcrypt is a thread-safe library providing a uniform interface to access several block and stream encryption algorithms.
We can use yum or dnf to install libmcrypt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmcrypt.
Install libmcrypt on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libmcrypt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libmcrypt
Install libmcrypt on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libmcrypt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libmcrypt
How To Uninstall libmcrypt on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libmcrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libmcrypt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcrypt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
