How To Install makepasswd on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepasswd
on Fedora 36.
What is makepasswd
Makepasswd generates (pseudo-)random passwords of a desired length.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install makepasswd
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install makepasswd.
Install makepasswd 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 makepasswd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install makepasswd
Install makepasswd 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 makepasswd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install makepasswd
How To Uninstall makepasswd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the makepasswd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove makepasswd
makepasswd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/makepasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/0ba1686df9cd4a9399f68ef009695a08f06df8
/usr/share/doc/makepasswd
/usr/share/doc/makepasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/makepasswd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makepasswd
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).