How To Install rpm-sign on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-sign on CentOS 8.
What is rpm-sign
This package contains support for digitally signing RPM packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install rpm-sign on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpm-sign.
Install rpm-sign 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 rpm-sign using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rpm-sign
Install rpm-sign 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 rpm-sign using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rpm-sign
How To Uninstall rpm-sign on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rpm-sign package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rpm-sign
rpm-sign Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rpmsign
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/f84212c07f27e09b77481727c8c6c724d4a047
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmsign.8.gz
/usr/bin/rpmsign
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/632b929091468c30aaa8fc85d1816d09b10654
/usr/share/man/man8/rpmsign.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-sign on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.