How To Install volume_key-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install volume_key-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is volume_key-devel
This package provides libvolume_key, a library for manipulating storage volume encryption keys and storing them separately from volumes. The main goal of the software is to allow restoring access to an encrypted hard drive if the primary user forgets the passphrase. The encryption key back up can also be useful for extracting data after a hardware or software failure that corrupts the header of the encrypted volume, or to access the company data after an employee leaves abruptly.
We can use yum or dnf to install volume_key-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install volume_key-devel.
Install volume_key-devel 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 volume_key-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install volume_key-devel
Install volume_key-devel 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 volume_key-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install volume_key-devel
How To Uninstall volume_key-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the volume_key-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove volume_key-devel
volume_key-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/volume_key
/usr/include/volume_key/libvolume_key.h
/usr/lib/libvolume_key.so
/usr/include/volume_key
/usr/include/volume_key/libvolume_key.h
/usr/lib64/libvolume_key.so
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install volume_key-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.