How To Install qca-qt5 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-qt5
on CentOS 7.
What is qca-qt5
Taking a hint from the similarly-named Java Cryptography Architecture, QCA aims to provide a straightforward and cross-platform crypto API, using Qt datatypes and conventions. QCA separates the API from the implementation, using plugins known as Providers. The advantage of this model is to allow applications to avoid linking to or explicitly depending on any particular cryptographic library. This allows one to easily change or upgrade crypto implementations without even needing to recompile the application!
We can use yum
or dnf
to install qca-qt5
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qca-qt5.
Install qca-qt5 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install qca-qt5
using yum
by running the following command:
Install qca-qt5 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.
After updating yum database, We can install qca-qt5
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall qca-qt5 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the qca-qt5
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-qt5
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.