How To Install pwkickstart on Fedora 34

pwkickstart is Helps to generate kickstart passwords

Introduction

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

What is pwkickstart

Helps to generate kickstart passwords, similarly to grub-crypt tool.

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

Install pwkickstart 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 pwkickstart using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pwkickstart

Install pwkickstart 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 pwkickstart using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pwkickstart

How To Uninstall pwkickstart on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pwkickstart

pwkickstart Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pwkickstart
/usr/share/licenses/pwkickstart
/usr/share/licenses/pwkickstart/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pwkickstart.1.gz

References

Summary

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