How to Install and Uninstall libkcapi.src Package on Oracle Linux 9

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "libkcapi.src" package

This tutorial shows how to install libkcapi.src on Oracle Linux 9


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                libkcapi.src
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libkcapi.src" package

Learn how to uninstall libkcapi.src on Oracle Linux 9:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                libkcapi.src
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libkcapi.src package on Oracle Linux 9

Last metadata expiration check: 1:31:04 ago on Thu Feb 15 07:50:05 2024.
Available Packages
Name : libkcapi
Version : 1.3.1
Release : 3.0.1.el9
Architecture : src
Size : 351 k
Source : None
Repository : ol9_baseos_latest
Summary : User space interface to the Linux Kernel Crypto API
URL : https://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html
License : BSD or GPLv2
Description : libkcapi allows user-space to access the Linux kernel crypto API.
:
: 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.
:
: 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.
:
: The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by
: unprivileged processes.