How To Install python-pgpdump on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pgpdump on CentOS 7. python-pgpdump is PGP packet parser library in Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is `python-pgpdump`

python-pgpdump is a Python 2 library for parsing PGP packets. The intent here is not on completeness, as we don’t currently decode every packet type, but on being able to do what people actually have to 95% of the time. Currently supported things include * Signature packets * Public key packets * Secret key packets * Trust, user ID, and user attribute packets * ASCII-armor decoding and CRC check

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

Install python-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 python-pgpdump using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-pgpdump

Install python-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 python-pgpdump using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-pgpdump

How To Uninstall python-pgpdump on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-pgpdump

References

python-pgpdump website

Summary

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