How To Install apg on CentOS 8

apg is Automated Password Generator for random password generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on CentOS 8.

What is apg

APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random password generation. This standalone version generates some random words of required type and prints them to standard output.

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

Install apg on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install apg

Install apg on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install apg

How To Uninstall apg on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove apg

apg Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/apg
/usr/bin/apgbfm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/03fa473821a25512bdd618e34f47fae166c121
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/54fccb61070d59b6d2da38cddb5625587d11ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/ddb4564ce4fb18a758b3b93d026a021161d86c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/apg.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/apgd
/usr/share/doc/apg
/usr/share/doc/apg/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/apg/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/apg/README
/usr/share/doc/apg/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/apg/TODO
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc0972.txt
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc1750.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/apg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apgbfm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/apgd.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.