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