How To Install pdfcrack on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdfcrack in Fedora 36. pdfcrack is A Password Recovery Tool for PDF files

Introduction

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

What is `pdfcrack`

PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files. It is small, command line driven without external dependencies.

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

Install pdfcrack 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 pdfcrack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdfcrack

Install pdfcrack 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 pdfcrack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdfcrack

How To Uninstall pdfcrack on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pdfcrack

pdfcrack Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pdfcrack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/2edde1f034c4d683901a820524331e65747dfc
/usr/share/doc/pdfcrack
/usr/share/doc/pdfcrack/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pdfcrack/README
/usr/share/doc/pdfcrack/changelog
/usr/share/man/man1/pdfcrack.1.gz

References

pdfcrack website

Summary

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