How To Install mkpasswd on Fedora 34

mkpasswd is Encrypt a password with crypt(3) function using a salt

Introduction

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

What is mkpasswd

mkpasswd tool encrypts a given password with the crypt(3) libc function using a given salt.

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

Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mkpasswd

Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mkpasswd

How To Uninstall mkpasswd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mkpasswd

mkpasswd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/934b7a8f6574d2b12eff6f48b6dcfada3e32f5
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz
/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/4526fb3ba23e5c11e404e3cc663b4d18fba750
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz

References

Summary

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