How To Install john on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install john on Fedora 34.
What is john
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords, but a number of other hash types are supported as well.
We can use yum or dnf to install john on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install john.
Install john 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 john using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install john
Install john 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 john using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install john
How To Uninstall john on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the john package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove john
john Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/john.conf
/usr/bin/john
/usr/bin/mailer
/usr/bin/unafs
/usr/bin/unique
/usr/bin/unshadow
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/17992e756233b3fcdadc56a67b7a23f76e0857
/usr/share/doc/john
/usr/share/doc/john/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/john/CONFIG
/usr/share/doc/john/CONTACT
/usr/share/doc/john/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/john/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/john/EXAMPLES
/usr/share/doc/john/EXTERNAL
/usr/share/doc/john/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/john/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/john/MODES
/usr/share/doc/john/OPTIONS
/usr/share/doc/john/README
/usr/share/doc/john/RULES
/usr/share/john
/usr/share/john/alnum.chr
/usr/share/john/alpha.chr
/usr/share/john/ascii.chr
/usr/share/john/digits.chr
/usr/share/john/lm_ascii.chr
/usr/share/john/lower.chr
/usr/share/john/lowernum.chr
/usr/share/john/lowerspace.chr
/usr/share/john/password.lst
/usr/share/john/upper.chr
/usr/share/john/uppernum.chr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install john on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.