How To Install libpwquality on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality in Fedora 36. libpwquality is A library for password generation and password quality checking

Introduction

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

What is `libpwquality`

This is a library for password quality checks and generation of random passwords that pass the checks. This library uses the cracklib and cracklib dictionaries to perform some of the checks.

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

Install libpwquality 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 libpwquality using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpwquality

Install libpwquality 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 libpwquality using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpwquality

How To Uninstall libpwquality on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libpwquality

libpwquality Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/security/pwquality.conf
/etc/security/pwquality.conf.d
/usr/bin/pwmake
/usr/bin/pwscore
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/75e5d76626fade5ed71784d8b57f402a0d7474
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/f20bc659454edf69549fc5188ff1d6426ded37
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/088dbbea63d6bd4504535fa1d2109d3ded05af
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/4341103ba8eed5556a142de69aa1f1573fb2d7
/usr/lib64/libpwquality.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpwquality.so.1.0.2
/usr/lib64/security/pam_pwquality.so
/usr/share/doc/libpwquality
/usr/share/doc/libpwquality/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libpwquality/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libpwquality/README
/usr/share/licenses/libpwquality
/usr/share/licenses/libpwquality/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/libpwquality.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/pwmake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pwscore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/pwquality.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pam_pwquality.8.gz

References

libpwquality website

Summary

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