How To Install mkpasswd on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkpasswd
on Fedora 36.
What is mkpasswd
mkpasswd tool encrypts a given password with the crypt(3) libc function using a given salt.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mkpasswd
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mkpasswd.
Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mkpasswd
Install mkpasswd 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 mkpasswd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mkpasswd
How To Uninstall mkpasswd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mkpasswd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mkpasswd
mkpasswd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/c1a347daf555724e2f5815c07acf66c9bb2896
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz
/usr/bin/mkpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/345456443b8b5c3ace01d335f79257be5d5172
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd
/usr/share/doc/mkpasswd/README
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/mkpasswd/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/mkpasswd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkpasswd
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).