How To Install qca-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8. qca-qt5 is Qt5 Cryptographic Architecture

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qca-qt5.

Install qca-qt5 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 qca-qt5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qca-qt5

Install qca-qt5 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 qca-qt5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qca-qt5

How To Uninstall qca-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qca-qt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qca-qt5

qca-qt5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mozcerts-qt5
/usr/bin/qcatool-qt5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/37031e3e5465d96c4a4eb3ef4e1cfcb9fdf3c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/3d175a3dabd96d21957cea9b5b0a5882e64dd4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/659bb0df6b2631168d81871db743e575a4f853
/usr/lib64/libqca-qt5.so.2
/usr/lib64/libqca-qt5.so.2.2.1
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/crypto
/usr/share/doc/qca-qt5
/usr/share/doc/qca-qt5/README
/usr/share/doc/qca-qt5/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/qca-qt5
/usr/share/licenses/qca-qt5/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/qcatool-qt5.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qca-qt5 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.