How To Install python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8. python3-gnupg is A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG or GnuPG)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-gnupg

GnuPG bindings for python. This uses the gpg command.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-gnupg.

Install python3-gnupg 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 python3-gnupg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-gnupg

Install python3-gnupg 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 python3-gnupg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-gnupg

How To Uninstall python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-gnupg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-gnupg

python3-gnupg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/gnupg.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/gnupg.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gnupg.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_gnupg-0.4.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_gnupg-0.4.6-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_gnupg-0.4.6-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_gnupg-0.4.6-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_gnupg-0.4.6-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-gnupg
/usr/share/doc/python3-gnupg/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-gnupg
/usr/share/licenses/python3-gnupg/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnupg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.