How To Install pgpdump on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pgpdump on CentOS 7. pgpdump is PGP packet visualizer

Introduction

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

What is pgpdump

pgpdump is a PGP packet visualizer which displays the packet format of OpenPGP (RFC 4880) and PGP version 2 (RFC 1991).

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

Install pgpdump on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pgpdump

Install pgpdump 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 pgpdump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pgpdump

How To Uninstall pgpdump on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pgpdump

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Summary

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