How To Install testssl on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testssl on Fedora 34.
What is testssl
testssl.sh is a free command line tool which checks a server’s service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws and more.
We can use yum or dnf to install testssl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install testssl.
Install testssl 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 testssl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install testssl
Install testssl 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 testssl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install testssl
How To Uninstall testssl on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the testssl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove testssl
testssl Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/testssl/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/testssl
/usr/share/licenses/testssl/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/testssl.1.gz
/usr/share/testssl
/usr/share/testssl/etc
/usr/share/testssl/etc/README.md
/usr/share/testssl/etc/ca_hashes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/cipher-mapping.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/client-simulation.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/common-primes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/tls_data.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testssl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
