How To Install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7.
What is bouncycastle-pg
The Bouncy Castle Java API for handling the OpenPGP protocol. This jar contains the OpenPGP API 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-pg on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bouncycastle-pg.
Install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bouncycastle-pg
Install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bouncycastle-pg
How To Uninstall bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the bouncycastle-pg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bouncycastle-pg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.