How To Install apg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install apg in Fedora 36. apg is Automated Password Generator for random password generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on Fedora 36.

What is apg

APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random password generation. This standalone version generates some random words of required type and prints them to standard output.

We can use yum or dnf to install apg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apg.

Install apg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apg

Install apg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apg

How To Uninstall apg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove apg

apg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/apg
/usr/bin/apgbfm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/c36a0d23bac375aff31d5804637f5c4eeb3392
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/9bb868c59d074f9ef63e29c50a30d0258c3dbc
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/5623df60555c03d5783d21663c718e217fe0a9
/usr/lib/systemd/system/apg.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/apgd
/usr/share/doc/apg
/usr/share/doc/apg/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/apg/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/apg/README
/usr/share/doc/apg/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/apg/TODO
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc0972.txt
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc1750.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/apg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apgbfm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/apgd.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).