How To Install gpgme on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme on CentOS 8.

What is gpgme

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. gpgme 1.13.1 7.el8 i686 344 k gpgme-1.13.1-7.el8.src.rpm baseos GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API https LGPLv2+ and MIT 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. gpgme 1.13.1 7.el8 x86_64 336 k gpgme-1.13.1-7.el8.src.rpm baseos GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API https LGPLv2+ and MIT 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 or dnf to install gpgme on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpgme.

Install gpgme 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 gpgme using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gpgme

Install gpgme 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 gpgme using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpgme

How To Uninstall gpgme on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gpgme

gpgme Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gpgme-json
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/b4a6d178f0281b77aef8fd58588761542cebfd
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/2bf2cafe02ce367a14f66b4d35e19a5954ad75
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11.22.1
/usr/share/doc/gpgme
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/README
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/VERSION
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/bin/gpgme-json
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/1bc0a663bfb6987eb4221389089d2cc4160dae
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/a50088b915b89c7fe8fde569c50b93e80b42ef
/usr/lib64/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib64/libgpgme.so.11.22.1
/usr/share/doc/gpgme
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/README
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/VERSION
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gpgme/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.