How To Install ksshaskpass on Fedora 34

ksshaskpass is A ssh-add helper that uses kwallet and kpassworddialog

Introduction

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

What is `ksshaskpass`

A ssh-add helper that uses kwallet and kpassworddialog.

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

Install ksshaskpass 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 ksshaskpass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksshaskpass

Install ksshaskpass 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 ksshaskpass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksshaskpass

How To Uninstall ksshaskpass on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ksshaskpass

ksshaskpass Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/ksshaskpass.sh
/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/f9f19e788310440bfd6d8ec0d7b30b96c2c1a6
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass/GPL-2.0-or-later.txt
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshaskpass.1.gz
/etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/ksshaskpass.sh
/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/01ca4fb83318b3b2baad240637c46e662312e6
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshaskpass.1.gz

References

ksshaskpass website

Summary

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