How To Install bouncycastle on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle in AlmaLinux 8. bouncycastle is Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle on AlmaLinux 8.

What is bouncycastle

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8.

We can use yum or dnf to install bouncycastle on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bouncycastle.

Install bouncycastle 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 bouncycastle using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bouncycastle

Install bouncycastle 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 bouncycastle using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bouncycastle

How To Uninstall bouncycastle on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bouncycastle

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.