How To Install gpgme on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme on Fedora 34.

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 1.15.1 2.fc34 i686 214 k gpgme-1.15.1-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora GnuPG Made Easy - high level crypto API https LGPLv2+ 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpgme.

Install gpgme on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gpgme

gpgme Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gpgme-json
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/c2a50158ebe6b4e6d6fe4c0ff4abb669a3d2c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/23cb30e5cf2a429c53a7a13c01c0c9ddbf1376
/usr/lib64/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib64/libgpgme.so.11.24.1
/usr/share/doc/gpgme
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/README
/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/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/96877d690c5bb9453038a2327a37e5d03cfc9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/8504d8d0058485038a8622feb9db6e1c31f5d6
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11
/usr/lib/libgpgme.so.11.24.1
/usr/share/doc/gpgme
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gpgme/README
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.