How to Install and Uninstall libkcapi.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "libkcapi.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libkcapi.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libkcapi.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libkcapi.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libkcapi.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

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Available Packages
Name : libkcapi
Version : 1.3.1
Release : 3.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 50 k
Source : libkcapi-1.3.1-3.el9.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-9-baseos-rpms
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.
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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.