How To Install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8.
What is aespipe
aespipe is an encryption tool that reads from standard input and writes to standard output. It uses the AES (Rijndael) cipher. It can be used as an encryption filter, to create and restore encrypted tar/cpio backup archives and to read/write and convert loop-AES compatible encrypted images. aespipe can be used for non-destructive in-place encryption of existing disk partitions for use with the loop-AES encrypted loop-back kernel module.
We can use yum or dnf to install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aespipe.
Install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install aespipe using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install aespipe
Install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install aespipe using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install aespipe
How To Uninstall aespipe on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the aespipe package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove aespipe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aespipe on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
