How To Install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gnupg2-smime.x86_64 is CMS encryption and signing tool and smart card support for GnuPG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gnupg2-smime.x86_64`

GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage. This package adds support for smart cards and S/MIME encryption and signing to the base GnuPG package

We can use yum to install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnupg2-smime.x86_64.

Install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnupg2-smime.x86_64

How To Uninstall gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gnupg2-smime.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gnupg2-smime.x86_64

gnupg2-smime.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gpgsm
/usr/bin/gpgsm-gencert.sh
/usr/bin/kbxutil
/usr/libexec/scdaemon
/usr/share/gnupg/com-certs.pem
/usr/share/man/man1/gpgsm-gencert.sh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gpgsm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scdaemon.1.gz

References

gnupg2-smime.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg2-smime.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.