How To Install bouncycastle-pkix on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pkix in Fedora 36. bouncycastle-pkix is Bouncy Castle PKIX, CMS, EAC, TSP, PKCS, OCSP, CMP, and CRMF APIs

Introduction

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

What is `bouncycastle-pkix`

The Bouncy Castle Java APIs for CMS, PKCS, EAC, TSP, CMP, CRMF, OCSP, and certificate generation. This jar contains APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8. 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-pkix on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bouncycastle-pkix.

Install bouncycastle-pkix 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-pkix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bouncycastle-pkix

Install bouncycastle-pkix 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-pkix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bouncycastle-pkix

How To Uninstall bouncycastle-pkix on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove bouncycastle-pkix

bouncycastle-pkix Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

References

bouncycastle-pkix website

Summary

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