How To Install git-secret on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret on CentOS 8.
What is git-secret
git-secret is a bash tool which stores private data inside a git repository. It encrypts tracked files with public keys for users whom you trust using GPG, allowing permitted users to access encrypted data using their secret keys.
We can use yum or dnf to install git-secret on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-secret.
Install git-secret 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 git-secret using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git-secret
Install git-secret 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 git-secret using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install git-secret
How To Uninstall git-secret on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the git-secret package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git-secret
git-secret Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/git-secret
/usr/share/licenses/git-secret
/usr/share/licenses/git-secret/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-add.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-changes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-clean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-hide.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-killperson.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-remove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-reveal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-tell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-usage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-secret-whoknows.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/git-secret.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-secret on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.