How To Install MyPasswordSafe on Fedora 34

MyPasswordSafe is A graphical password management tool

Introduction

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

What is MyPasswordSafe

MyPasswordSafe is a straight-forward, easy-to-use password manager that maintains compatibility with Password Safe files. MyPasswordSafe has the following features * Safes are encrypted when they are stored to disk. * Passwords never have to be seen, because they are copied to the clipboard * Random passwords can be generated. * Window size, position, and column widths are remembered. * Passwords remain encrypted until they need to be decrypted at the dialog and file levels. * A safe can be made active so it will always be opened when MyPasswordSafe starts. * Supports Unicode in the safes * Languages supported

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

Install MyPasswordSafe 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 MyPasswordSafe using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install MyPasswordSafe

Install MyPasswordSafe 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 MyPasswordSafe using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install MyPasswordSafe

How To Uninstall MyPasswordSafe on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove MyPasswordSafe

MyPasswordSafe Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/MyPasswordSafe
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/f654dcff5be12947a6ab399e1bb80423849d32
/usr/share/MyPasswordSafe
/usr/share/MyPasswordSafe/locale
/usr/share/MyPasswordSafe/locale/mypasswordsafe_c.qm
/usr/share/MyPasswordSafe/locale/mypasswordsafe_en.qm
/usr/share/MyPasswordSafe/locale/mypasswordsafe_fr.qm
/usr/share/applications/MyPasswordSafe.desktop
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/README
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/editdialog.fr.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/editdialog.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/mainwindow.fr.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/mainwindow.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/manual.html
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/prefsdialog.fr.jpg
/usr/share/doc/MyPasswordSafe/prefsdialog.jpg

References

Summary

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