How To Install gpgme.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gpgme.x86_64 is GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gpgme.x86_64`

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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpgme.x86_64.

Install gpgme.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 gpgme.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpgme.x86_64

How To Uninstall gpgme.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gpgme.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gpgme.x86_64

gpgme.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgpgme-pthread.so.11
/usr/lib64/libgpgme-pthread.so.11.8.1
/usr/lib64/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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