How To Install sha3sum on Fedora 34

sha3sum is Compute and check SHA3 message digest

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sha3sum on Fedora 34.

What is sha3sum

This script will compute and check the SHA3 message digest of a file

We can use yum or dnf to install sha3sum on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sha3sum.

Install sha3sum 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 sha3sum using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sha3sum

Install sha3sum 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 sha3sum using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sha3sum

How To Uninstall sha3sum on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the sha3sum package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sha3sum

sha3sum Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/sha3sum
/usr/share/doc/sha3sum
/usr/share/doc/sha3sum/README
/usr/share/man/man1/sha3sum.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sha3sum on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.