How To Install makepasswd on Fedora 34

makepasswd is Generates (pseudo-)random passwords of a desired length

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install makepasswd on Fedora 34.

What is makepasswd

Makepasswd generates (pseudo-)random passwords of a desired length.

We can use yum or dnf to install makepasswd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install makepasswd.

Install makepasswd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install makepasswd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install makepasswd

Install makepasswd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install makepasswd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install makepasswd

How To Uninstall makepasswd on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the makepasswd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove makepasswd

makepasswd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/makepasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/03d4766d3f9f986008c729d7d37a473adeae32
/usr/share/doc/makepasswd
/usr/share/doc/makepasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/makepasswd.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install makepasswd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.