How To Install ccrypt on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ccrypt on Fedora 36.
What is ccrypt
ccrypt is a utility for encrypting and decrypting files and streams. It was designed as a replacement for the standard unix crypt utility, which is notorious for using a very weak encryption algorithm.
We can use yum or dnf to install ccrypt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ccrypt.
Install ccrypt 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 ccrypt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ccrypt
Install ccrypt 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 ccrypt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ccrypt
How To Uninstall ccrypt on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the ccrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ccrypt
ccrypt Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/ccat
/usr/bin/ccdecrypt
/usr/bin/ccencrypt
/usr/bin/ccguess
/usr/bin/ccrypt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/6f16b57100e97370adca46d3c1db1dee69bb38
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/1120e920e1f463cc3c42aee2392e47b4f2285a
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt/README
/usr/share/doc/ccrypt/cypfaq01.txt
/usr/share/licenses/ccrypt
/usr/share/licenses/ccrypt/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ccrypt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ccrypt.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ccat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ccdecrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ccencrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ccguess.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ccrypt.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ccrypt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).