How to Install and Uninstall libkcapi.i686 Package on CentOS Stream 8

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libkcapi.i686" package

This is a short guide on how to install libkcapi.i686 on CentOS Stream 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libkcapi.i686" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libkcapi.i686 on CentOS Stream 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libkcapi.i686 package on CentOS Stream 8

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Available Packages
Name : libkcapi
Version : 1.4.0
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : i686
Size : 54 k
Source : libkcapi-1.4.0-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : User space interface to the Linux Kernel Crypto API
URL : https://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html
License : BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
Description : libkcapi allows user-space to access the Linux kernel crypto API.
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: This library uses the netlink interface and exports easy to use APIs
: so that a developer does not need to consider the low-level netlink
: interface handling.
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: The library does not implement any cipher algorithms. All consumer
: requests are sent to the kernel for processing. Results from the
: kernel crypto API are returned to the consumer via the library API.
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: The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by
: unprivileged processes.