How To Install crypto-policies on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies on CentOS 8. crypto-policies is System-wide crypto policies

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.