How To Install mbedtls on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbedtls on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mbedtls
Mbed TLS is a light-weight open source cryptographic and SSL/TLS library written in C. Mbed TLS makes it easy for developers to include cryptographic and SSL/TLS capabilities in their (embedded) applications with as little hassle as possible. FOSS License Exception
We can use yum or dnf to install mbedtls on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mbedtls.
Install mbedtls 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 mbedtls using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mbedtls
Install mbedtls 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 mbedtls using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mbedtls
How To Uninstall mbedtls on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mbedtls package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mbedtls
mbedtls Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/44ca1641141d39b7dd85776e8d02b5048824c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/8fc62d4ad504ed8b98d4bb978fce8228864764
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/4e51b8bf30d68ae6a7823aac77abb3828d07c3
/usr/lib64/libmbedcrypto.so.2.16.11
/usr/lib64/libmbedcrypto.so.3
/usr/lib64/libmbedtls.so.12
/usr/lib64/libmbedtls.so.2.16.11
/usr/lib64/libmbedx509.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmbedx509.so.2.16.11
/usr/share/doc/mbedtls
/usr/share/doc/mbedtls/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/mbedtls
/usr/share/licenses/mbedtls/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbedtls on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.