How To Install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg in Fedora 36. bouncycastle-pg is Bouncy Castle OpenPGP API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36.

What is `bouncycastle-pg`

The Bouncy Castle Java API for handling the OpenPGP protocol. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.

We can use yum or dnf to install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bouncycastle-pg.

Install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bouncycastle-pg

Install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bouncycastle-pg

How To Uninstall bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bouncycastle-pg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bouncycastle-pg

bouncycastle-pg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/java/bcpg.jar
/usr/share/licenses/bouncycastle-pg
/usr/share/licenses/bouncycastle-pg/LICENSE.html
/usr/share/maven-metadata/bouncycastle-bcpg.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/bcpg.pom

References

bouncycastle-pg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).