How To Install libgpg-error on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error on Rocky Linux 8. libgpg-error is Library for error values used by GnuPG components

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libgpg-error`

This is a library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt, pinentry, SmartCard Daemon and possibly more in the future.

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

Install libgpg-error 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 libgpg-error using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgpg-error

Install libgpg-error 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 libgpg-error using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgpg-error

How To Uninstall libgpg-error on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgpg-error package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgpg-error

libgpg-error Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gpg-error
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/7d8d748fb6b93716e6c762bce352f84283d81e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/71a2d2666462273de49b7aa3c4daf0ee7b51ab
/usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0
/usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0.24.2
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/README
/usr/share/libgpg-error
/usr/share/libgpg-error/errorref.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/bin/gpg-error
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/d53a38e53503c9651217c623d8a3ca5bf68cee
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/faa485d66bf98a56e75dc88b738871a6e3223a
/usr/lib64/libgpg-error.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgpg-error.so.0.24.2
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgpg-error/README
/usr/share/libgpg-error
/usr/share/libgpg-error/errorref.txt
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgpg-error/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libgpg-error.mo

References

libgpg-error website

Summary

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