How To Install crypto-policies-scripts on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies-scripts on AlmaLinux 8.
What is crypto-policies-scripts
This package provides a tool update-crypto-policies, which applies the policies provided by the crypto-policies package. These can be either the pre-built policies from the base package or custom policies defined in simple policy definition files. The package also provides a tool fips-mode-setup, which can be used to enable or disable the system FIPS mode.
We can use yum or dnf to install crypto-policies-scripts on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crypto-policies-scripts.
Install crypto-policies-scripts 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 crypto-policies-scripts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies-scripts
Install crypto-policies-scripts 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 crypto-policies-scripts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install crypto-policies-scripts
How To Uninstall crypto-policies-scripts on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the crypto-policies-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove crypto-policies-scripts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies-scripts on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.