Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8.
What is bouncycastle-pg
The Bouncy Castle Java API for handling the OpenPGP protocol. This jar contains the OpenPGP API for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.
We can use yum or dnf to install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bouncycastle-pg.
Install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bouncycastle-pg
Install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bouncycastle-pg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bouncycastle-pg
How To Uninstall bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bouncycastle-pg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bouncycastle-pg
bouncycastle-pg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/java/bcpg.jar
/usr/share/licenses/bouncycastle-pg
/usr/share/licenses/bouncycastle-pg/LICENSE.html
/usr/share/maven-metadata/bouncycastle-bcpg.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/bcpg.pom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bouncycastle-pg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
