How To Install qca-ossl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-ossl on CentOS 7. qca-ossl is OpenSSL plugin for the Qt Cryptographic Architecture v2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-ossl on CentOS 7.

What is qca-ossl

This is a plugin to provide SSL/TLS capability to programs that use the Qt Cryptographic Architecture (QCA). QCA is a library providing an easy API for several cryptographic algorithms to Qt programs. This package only contains the TLS plugin. This is a plugin to provide SSL/TLS capability to programs that use the Qt Cryptographic Architecture (QCA). QCA is a library providing an easy API for several cryptographic algorithms to Qt programs. This package only contains the TLS plugin.

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

Install qca-ossl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qca-ossl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qca-ossl

Install qca-ossl 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 qca-ossl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qca-ossl

How To Uninstall qca-ossl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the qca-ossl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qca-ossl

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Summary

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