How To Install hsxkpasswd on Fedora 34

hsxkpasswd is Secure memorable password generator

Introduction

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

What is hsxkpasswd

A secure memorable password generator inspired by the wonderful XKCD webcomic at http at https https

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

Install hsxkpasswd 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 hsxkpasswd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hsxkpasswd

Install hsxkpasswd 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 hsxkpasswd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hsxkpasswd

How To Uninstall hsxkpasswd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove hsxkpasswd

hsxkpasswd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/hsxkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/hsxkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/hsxkpasswd/META.json
/usr/share/doc/hsxkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/hsxkpasswd/sample_config.json
/usr/share/doc/hsxkpasswd/sample_hsxkpasswdrc
/usr/share/licenses/hsxkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/hsxkpasswd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/hsxkpasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Crypt::HSXKPasswd.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/Basic.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/DE.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/EN.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/ES.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/FR.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/IT.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/NL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/PT.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Dictionary/System.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Helper.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG/Basic.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG/Data_Entropy.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG/DevUrandom.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG/Math_Random_Secure.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/RNG/RandomDotOrg.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Types.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Crypt/HSXKPasswd/Util.pm

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Summary

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