How To Install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8

geany-plugins-geanypg is encrypt, decrypt and verify signatures with GnuPG

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8.

What is `geany-plugins-geanypg`

GeanyPG is a plugin for Geany that allows the user to encrypt, decrypt and verify signatures with GnuPG.

We can use yum or dnf to install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geany-plugins-geanypg.

Install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-geanypg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-geanypg

Install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-geanypg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-geanypg

How To Uninstall geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the geany-plugins-geanypg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-geanypg

geany-plugins-geanypg Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/d041b08a73a20548b776350475683e898b0e0a
/usr/lib64/geany/geanypg.so
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/geanypg
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/geanypg/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/geanypg/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/geanypg/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/geanypg/README

References

geany-plugins-geanypg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-geanypg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.