How To Install libmcrypt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmcrypt on Rocky Linux 8. libmcrypt is Encryption algorithms library

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmcrypt.

Install libmcrypt 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 libmcrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmcrypt

Install libmcrypt 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 libmcrypt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmcrypt

How To Uninstall libmcrypt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmcrypt

libmcrypt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/2fd7202b18e207b6e5dd04233e9ab74b8c36a5
/usr/lib64/libmcrypt.so.4
/usr/lib64/libmcrypt.so.4.4.8
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/KNOWN-BUGS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/README
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/libmcrypt/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/mcrypt.3.gz

References

Summary

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