How To Install gpgmepp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgmepp on Rocky Linux 8. gpgmepp is C++ bindings/wrapper for GPGME

Introduction

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

What is `gpgmepp`

C++ bindings/wrapper for GPGME.

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

Install gpgmepp 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 gpgmepp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gpgmepp

Install gpgmepp 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 gpgmepp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpgmepp

How To Uninstall gpgmepp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gpgmepp

gpgmepp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/163bb4fdf64180010873804b38e92138475dfa
/usr/lib/libgpgmepp.so.6
/usr/lib/libgpgmepp.so.6.10.0
/usr/share/doc/gpgmepp
/usr/share/doc/gpgmepp/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/79e9146561ed95bf35c38bb972a43d374970b0
/usr/lib64/libgpgmepp.so.6
/usr/lib64/libgpgmepp.so.6.10.0
/usr/share/doc/gpgmepp
/usr/share/doc/gpgmepp/README

References

gpgmepp website

Summary

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