How To Install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8. pwgen is Automatic password generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pwgen

pwgen generates random, meaningless but pronounceable passwords. These passwords contain either only lowercase letters, or upper and lower case, or upper case, lower case and numeric digits. Upper case letters and numeric digits are placed in a way that eases memorizing the password.

We can use yum or dnf to install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pwgen.

Install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install pwgen

Install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install pwgen

How To Uninstall pwgen on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pwgen

pwgen Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pwgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/715fb1c2cd6da87f4cf1e389688e05d682f050
/usr/share/doc/pwgen
/usr/share/doc/pwgen/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/pwgen
/usr/share/licenses/pwgen/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/pwgen.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pwgen on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.