How To Install libgcrypt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt on CentOS 7. libgcrypt is A general-purpose cryptography library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt on CentOS 7.

What is libgcrypt

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a development version.

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

Install libgcrypt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libgcrypt

Install libgcrypt 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 libgcrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcrypt

How To Uninstall libgcrypt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libgcrypt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcrypt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.