How to Install and Uninstall libxcrypt.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "libxcrypt.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libxcrypt.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libxcrypt.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxcrypt.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

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Installed Packages
Name : libxcrypt
Version : 4.1.1
Release : 6.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 182 k
Source : libxcrypt-4.1.1-6.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Extended crypt library for DES, MD5, Blowfish and others
URL : https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt
License : LGPLv2+ and BSD and Public Domain
Description : libxcrypt is a modern library for one-way hashing of passwords. It
: supports DES, MD5, SHA-2-256, SHA-2-512, and bcrypt-based password
: hashes, and provides the traditional Unix 'crypt' and 'crypt_r'
: interfaces, as well as a set of extended interfaces pioneered by
: Openwall Linux, 'crypt_rn', 'crypt_ra', 'crypt_gensalt',
: 'crypt_gensalt_rn', and 'crypt_gensalt_ra'.
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: libxcrypt is intended to be used by login(1), passwd(1), and other
: similar programs; that is, to hash a small number of passwords during
: an interactive authentication dialogue with a human. It is not
: suitable for use in bulk password-cracking applications, or in any
: other situation where speed is more important than careful handling of
: sensitive data. However, it *is* intended to be fast and lightweight
: enough for use in servers that must field thousands of login attempts
: per minute.
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: On Linux-based systems, by default libxcrypt will be binary backward
: compatible with the libcrypt.so.1 shipped as part of the GNU C Library.
: This means that all existing binary executables linked against glibc's
: libcrypt should work unmodified with this library's libcrypt.so.1. We
: have taken pains to provide exactly the same "symbol versions" as were
: used by glibc on various CPU architectures, and to account for the
: variety of ways in which the Openwall extensions were patched into
: glibc's libcrypt by some Linux distributions. (For instance,
: compatibility symlinks for SuSE's "libowcrypt" are provided.)
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: However, the converse is not true: programs linked against libxcrypt
: will not work with glibc's libcrypt. Also, programs that use certain
: legacy APIs supplied by glibc's libcrypt ('encrypt', 'encrypt_r',
: 'setkey', 'setkey_r', and 'fcrypt') cannot be compiled against libxcrypt.