How To Install libmongocrypt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmongocrypt on Rocky Linux 8. libmongocrypt is The companion C library for client side encryption in drivers

Introduction

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

What is libmongocrypt

The companion C library for client side encryption in drivers.

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

Install libmongocrypt 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 libmongocrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmongocrypt

Install libmongocrypt 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 libmongocrypt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmongocrypt

How To Uninstall libmongocrypt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libmongocrypt

libmongocrypt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/2a58ccc710dad19d50c4da78283ed65db7064a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/bb54a196394b5411d18bf96eb0ef5f2d1b5195
/usr/lib64/libkms_message.so.0
/usr/lib64/libkms_message.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libmongocrypt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmongocrypt.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libmongocrypt
/usr/share/licenses/libmongocrypt/LICENSE

References

Summary

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