How To Install kgpg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgpg on Rocky Linux 8. kgpg is Manage GPG encryption keys

Introduction

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

What is `kgpg`

KGpg is a simple interface for GnuPG, a powerful encryption utility.

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

Install kgpg 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 kgpg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kgpg

Install kgpg 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 kgpg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kgpg

How To Uninstall kgpg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kgpg

kgpg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kgpg.desktop
/usr/bin/kgpg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/53f61639baf046e266da340d8c406207eef7cb
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kgpg.desktop
/usr/share/config.kcfg/kgpg.kcfg
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.kde.kgpg.Key.xml
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keyprop.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keyserver-search.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/keyserver.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kgpg/select-secret-key.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keyprop.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keyserver-search.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/keyserver.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/select-secret-key.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kgpg/systray.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/gl/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/kicker.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/lt/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/lt/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/lt/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keyprop.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keyserver-search.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/keyserver.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/select-secret-key.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kgpg/systray.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sr/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sr/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sr/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/editor.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/keygen.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/keymanage.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/keyprop.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/keys.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/options.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kgpg/select-secret-key.png
/usr/share/doc/kgpg
/usr/share/doc/kgpg/AUTHORS
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/document-export-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/document-import-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/document-properties-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/key-group.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/key-orphan.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/status/key-single.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/document-export-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/document-import-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/document-properties-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/key-generate-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/view-key-secret.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/key-group.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/key-single.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/document-export-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/document-import-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/document-properties-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/key-group.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/key-single.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/document-export-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/document-import-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/document-properties-key.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/key-group.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/key-pair.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/key-single.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/kgpg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-export-key.svgz
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-import-key.svgz
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/actions/document-properties-key.svgz
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/kgpg.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/key-group.svgz
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/key-pair.svgz
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/key-single.svgz
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/encryptfile.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/encryptfolder.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/viewdecrypted.desktop
/usr/share/kgpg
/usr/share/kgpg/tips
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/encryptfile.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/encryptfolder.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/viewdecrypted.desktop
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kgpg
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kgpg/keysmanager.rc
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kgpg/kgpgeditor.rc
/usr/share/licenses/kgpg
/usr/share/licenses/kgpg/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kgpg.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.kgpg.appdata.xml
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kgpg.categories

References

kgpg website

Summary

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