How To Install gpgme.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. gpgme.i686 is GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gpgme.i686`

GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a library designed to make access to GnuPG easier for applications. It provides a high-level crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing, signature verification and key management.

We can use yum to install gpgme.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpgme.i686.

Install gpgme.i686 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 gpgme.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpgme.i686

How To Uninstall gpgme.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gpgme.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gpgme.i686

gpgme.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libgpgme-pthread.so.11
/usr/lib/libgpgme-pthread.so.11.8.1
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11.8.1
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/README
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gpgme-1.3.2/VERSION

References

gpgme.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.