How To Install pixiewps on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pixiewps in Fedora 36. pixiewps is An offline Wi-Fi Protected Setup brute-force utility

Introduction

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

What is `pixiewps`

Pixiewps is a tool written in C used to bruteforce offline the WPS PIN exploiting the low or non-existing entropy of some software implementations, the so-called “pixie-dust attack” discovered by Dominique Bongard in summer 2014.

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

Install pixiewps 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 pixiewps using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pixiewps

Install pixiewps 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 pixiewps using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pixiewps

How To Uninstall pixiewps on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pixiewps

pixiewps Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pixiewps
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/b5641c82fc53e467425eae159690d6d01bd725
/usr/share/doc/pixiewps
/usr/share/doc/pixiewps/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/pixiewps
/usr/share/licenses/pixiewps/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/pixiewps.1.gz

References

pixiewps website

Summary

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