How to Install and Uninstall libkcapi.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libkcapi.src" package

This guide let you learn how to install libkcapi.src on Oracle Linux 8


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libkcapi.src" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libkcapi.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libkcapi.src package on Oracle Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 3:03:12 ago on Mon Sep 12 02:51:38 2022.
Available Packages
Name : libkcapi
Version : 1.2.0
Release : 2.0.1.el8
Architecture : src
Size : 647 k
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
Summary : User space interface to the Linux Kernel Crypto API
URL : http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html
License : BSD or GPLv2
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.