How To Install AusweisApp2 on Fedora 34

AusweisApp2 is Online identification with German ID card (Personalausweis)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install AusweisApp2 on Fedora 34.

What is AusweisApp2

The AusweisApp2 is a software to identify yourself online with your ID card (Personalausweis) or your electronic residence permit (Aufenthalts- / Niederlassungserlaubis). The AusweisApp2 also offers you an integrated self-assessment in which you are able to view your data that is stored on the online ID.

We can use yum or dnf to install AusweisApp2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install AusweisApp2.

Install AusweisApp2 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 AusweisApp2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install AusweisApp2

Install AusweisApp2 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 AusweisApp2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install AusweisApp2

How To Uninstall AusweisApp2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the AusweisApp2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove AusweisApp2

AusweisApp2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/.AusweisApp2.hmac
/usr/bin/AusweisApp2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/d6d8a2fd38ab3915004039a07e1220a4835e8f
/usr/libexec/.AusweisApp2.hmac
/usr/libexec/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/applications/com.governikus.ausweisapp2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/doc/AusweisApp2/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/LICENSE.en.txt
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/AusweisApp2.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/com.governikus.ausweisapp2.metainfo.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install AusweisApp2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.