How To Install dropbear on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dropbear in Fedora 36. dropbear is Lightweight SSH server and client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dropbear on Fedora 36.

What is `dropbear`

Dropbear is a relatively small SSH server and client. It’s particularly useful for “embedded”-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as wireless routers.

We can use yum or dnf to install dropbear on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dropbear.

Install dropbear on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dropbear

Install dropbear on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dropbear

How To Uninstall dropbear on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dropbear

dropbear Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dropbear
/usr/bin/dbclient
/usr/bin/dropbearconvert
/usr/bin/dropbearkey
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/934e15edd6ad7cb6f15f8fce8b2b24b4cf76ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/94ec2ca6276d9e75d952e0486672f803005089
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/95502d83776620e5a231977f731656988fc895
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/bb75cb62253bd2b49e6ef79b967f0f6153e13a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dropbear-keygen.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dropbear.service
/usr/sbin/dropbear
/usr/share/doc/dropbear
/usr/share/doc/dropbear/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/dropbear/README
/usr/share/licenses/dropbear
/usr/share/licenses/dropbear/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/dbclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dropbearconvert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dropbearkey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dropbear.8.gz

References

dropbear website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dropbear on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).