How To Install fedora-packager-yubikey on CentOS 8

fedora-packager-yubikey is tool for setting up a yubikey for use in Fedora

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-packager-yubikey on CentOS 8.

What is fedora-packager-yubikey

A tool for setting up a yubikey for use in fedora

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

Install fedora-packager-yubikey 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 fedora-packager-yubikey using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedora-packager-yubikey

Install fedora-packager-yubikey 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 fedora-packager-yubikey using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fedora-packager-yubikey

How To Uninstall fedora-packager-yubikey on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fedora-packager-yubikey package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedora-packager-yubikey

fedora-packager-yubikey Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/sbin/fedora-burn-yubikey
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-packager-yubikey
/usr/share/licenses/fedora-packager-yubikey/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedora-packager-yubikey on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.