How To Install passwdqc-utils on Fedora 36

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install passwdqc-utils on Fedora 36.

What is passwdqc-utils

This package contains standalone utilities which are usable from scripts pwqcheck (a standalone passphrase strength checking program), pwqgen (a standalone random passphrase generator program), and pwqfilter (a standalone program that searches, creates, or updates binary passphrase filter files).

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

Install passwdqc-utils 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 passwdqc-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install passwdqc-utils

Install passwdqc-utils 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 passwdqc-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install passwdqc-utils

How To Uninstall passwdqc-utils on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the passwdqc-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove passwdqc-utils

passwdqc-utils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pwqcheck
/usr/bin/pwqfilter
/usr/bin/pwqgen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/8b40c1b523de8ec9125fe766d9553ab9ac787b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/a002130f6f60663fa0c410502e144ef4d8047a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/e631678f0c32407726481a21e934bd071f354c
/usr/share/man/man1/pwqcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pwqfilter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pwqgen.1.gz

References

• passwdqc-utils website

Summary

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