How To Install gcr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcr on Rocky Linux 8. gcr is A library for bits of crypto UI and parsing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcr on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gcr`

gcr is a library for displaying certificates, and crypto UI, accessing key stores. It also provides a viewer for crypto files on the GNOME desktop. gck is a library for accessing PKCS#11 modules like smart cards.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcr on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcr.

Install gcr on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcr

Install gcr on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcr

How To Uninstall gcr on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcr

gcr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gcr-viewer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/012d333bf867e71bfb5a8ad5df59b38de5ee89
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/455a05f329b6416b1ba6f952d2ce07f118acee
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/7ea5e5736452683d653efd7ead1e31d565fa90
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/613e355e4d67e0f54dec44f72f37f94a6a0321
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/f24a8236f8bbcfa1a1655c479630410eb012cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/30669ef9e365a60e7792ce311d34397ad8f8a7
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gck-1.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gcr-3.typelib
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GcrUi-3.typelib
/usr/lib/libgck-1.so.0
/usr/lib/libgck-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libgcr-3.so.1
/usr/lib/libgcr-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libgcr-base-3.so.1
/usr/lib/libgcr-base-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libgcr-ui-3.so.1
/usr/lib/libgcr-ui-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/gcr-prompter
/usr/libexec/gcr-ssh-askpass
/usr/share/GConf
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/org.gnome.crypto.pgp.convert
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/org.gnome.crypto.pgp_keyservers.convert
/usr/share/applications/gcr-prompter.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gcr-viewer.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.PrivatePrompter.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter.service
/usr/share/doc/gcr
/usr/share/doc/gcr/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gcr/README
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.crypto.pgp.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/licenses/gcr
/usr/share/licenses/gcr/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/gcr-crypto-types.xml
/usr/bin/gcr-viewer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/17ec7dc308950853ca3ae2d06ddb9137e2e044
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/664b83c294d1682ea62f6a762794a12646f229
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/181d6f242d9aee8cff09483efc49031f598d89
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/fa72669b720dc1fed44e25d178a2fceb7fc6bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/2df1721fc922ec09139bf2134ba988b2638bb4
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/9439ffb826462d6fbea9b468609cf62d1c38d5
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gck-1.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gcr-3.typelib
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GcrUi-3.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgck-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgck-1.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgcr-3.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgcr-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgcr-base-3.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgcr-base-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgcr-ui-3.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgcr-ui-3.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/gcr-prompter
/usr/libexec/gcr-ssh-askpass
/usr/share/GConf
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/org.gnome.crypto.pgp.convert
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/org.gnome.crypto.pgp_keyservers.convert
/usr/share/applications/gcr-prompter.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gcr-viewer.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.PrivatePrompter.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter.service
/usr/share/doc/gcr
/usr/share/doc/gcr/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gcr/README
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.crypto.pgp.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-gnupg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-password.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gcr-smart-card.png
/usr/share/licenses/gcr
/usr/share/licenses/gcr/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gcr.mo
/usr/share/mime/packages/gcr-crypto-types.xml

References

gcr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcr on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.