How To Install mkpasswd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkpasswd on Fedora 34.
What is mkpasswd
mkpasswd tool encrypts a given password with the crypt(3) libc function using a given salt.
We can use yum or dnf to install mkpasswd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mkpasswd.
Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mkpasswd
Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mkpasswd
How To Uninstall mkpasswd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mkpasswd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mkpasswd
mkpasswd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/934b7a8f6574d2b12eff6f48b6dcfada3e32f5
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz
/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/4526fb3ba23e5c11e404e3cc663b4d18fba750
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkpasswd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.