How To Install liboath on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboath on AlmaLinux 8.
What is liboath
OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the organization that specify the algorithms. Supported technologies include the event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC4226) and the time-based TOTP algorithm (RFC6238).
We can use yum or dnf to install liboath on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install liboath.
Install liboath on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install liboath using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install liboath
Install liboath on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install liboath using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install liboath
How To Uninstall liboath on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the liboath package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove liboath
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboath on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
