How To Install veritysetup on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install veritysetup on CentOS 7. veritysetup is A utility for setting up dm-verity volumes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install veritysetup on CentOS 7.

What is veritysetup

The veritysetup package contains a utility for setting up disk verification using dm-verity kernel module.

We can use yum or dnf to install veritysetup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install veritysetup.

Install veritysetup on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install veritysetup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install veritysetup

Install veritysetup 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 veritysetup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install veritysetup

How To Uninstall veritysetup on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove veritysetup

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install veritysetup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.