How To Install crypto-policies on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies on CentOS 8.
What is crypto-policies
This package provides pre-built configuration files with cryptographic policies for various cryptographic back-ends, such as SSL/TLS libraries. This package provides pre-built configuration files with cryptographic policies for various cryptographic back-ends, such as SSL/TLS libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install crypto-policies on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crypto-policies.
Install crypto-policies on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install crypto-policies using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install crypto-policies
Install crypto-policies on CentOS 8 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 crypto-policies using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies
How To Uninstall crypto-policies on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the crypto-policies package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove crypto-policies
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.