How To Install distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7.

What is distribution-gpg-keys

GPG keys used by various Linux distributions to sign packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install distribution-gpg-keys.

Install distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install distribution-gpg-keys using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install distribution-gpg-keys

Install distribution-gpg-keys 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 distribution-gpg-keys using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install distribution-gpg-keys

How To Uninstall distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the distribution-gpg-keys package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove distribution-gpg-keys

References

• distribution-gpg-keys website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install distribution-gpg-keys on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.