How To Install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8. ecdsautils is Tiny collection of programs used for ECDSA (keygen, sign, verify)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ecdsautils

This collection of ECDSA utilities can be used to sign and verify data in a simple manner.

We can use yum or dnf to install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ecdsautils.

Install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ecdsautils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ecdsautils

Install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ecdsautils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ecdsautils

How To Uninstall ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ecdsautils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ecdsautils

ecdsautils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ecdsakeygen
/usr/bin/ecdsasign
/usr/bin/ecdsaverify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/ba576fb49f8f45fea60f3ff9169902d02111de
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/2114cec11842bc7c8c37a8fd09d9e8a0ec180a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/f5175bd4a30fa6b6faf9e775ccff6f386f28c1
/usr/share/doc/ecdsautils
/usr/share/doc/ecdsautils/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ecdsautils
/usr/share/licenses/ecdsautils/COPYRIGHT

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecdsautils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.