How to Install and Uninstall libxcrypt-compat.x86_64 Package on Fedora 34

Last updated: January 18,2025

1. Install "libxcrypt-compat.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libxcrypt-compat.x86_64 on Fedora 34


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxcrypt-compat.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libxcrypt-compat.x86_64 on Fedora 34:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxcrypt-compat.x86_64 package on Fedora 34

Last metadata expiration check: 0:26:23 ago on Tue Sep 6 14:10:38 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : libxcrypt-compat
Version : 4.4.28
Release : 1.fc34
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 198 k
Source : libxcrypt-4.4.28-1.fc34.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : updates
Summary : Compatibility library providing legacy API functions
URL : https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt
License : LGPLv2+ and BSD and Public Domain
Description : This package contains the library providing the compatibility API
: for applications that are linked against glibc's libxcrypt, or that
: are still using the unsafe and deprecated, encrypt, encrypt_r,
: setkey, setkey_r, and fcrypt functions, which are still required by
: recent versions of POSIX, the Single UNIX Specification, and various
: other standards.
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: All existing binary executables linked against glibc's libcrypt should
: work unmodified with the library supplied by this package.