How To Install kpassgen on Fedora 34

kpassgen is Random password creator

Introduction

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

What is kpassgen

Generates a set of random passwords of any length that can include the letter a-z,A-Z,numbers,symbols and characters that QString can handle or hex values

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

Install kpassgen 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 kpassgen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kpassgen

Install kpassgen 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 kpassgen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kpassgen

How To Uninstall kpassgen on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kpassgen

kpassgen Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/kpassgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/74abb28bda251246ecd6a49890ebc042b39c75
/usr/share/applications/kde4/kpassgen.desktop
/usr/share/config.kcfg/settings.kcfg
/usr/share/doc/kpassgen
/usr/share/doc/kpassgen/COPYING
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kpassgen/kpassgenui.rc
/usr/share/pixmaps/kpassgen.png

References

Summary

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