How To Install python3-scrypt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scrypt in Fedora 36. python3-scrypt is Bindings for the scrypt key derivation function library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scrypt on Fedora 36.

What is `python3-scrypt`

Python scrypt bindings This is a set of Python bindings for the scrypt key derivation function. Scrypt is useful when encrypting password as it is possible to specify a minimum amount of time to use when encrypting and decrypting. If, for example, a password takes 0.05 seconds to verify, a user won’t notice the slight delay when signing in, but doing a brute force search of several…

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-scrypt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-scrypt.

Install python3-scrypt 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 python3-scrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-scrypt

Install python3-scrypt 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 python3-scrypt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-scrypt

How To Uninstall python3-scrypt on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-scrypt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-scrypt

python3-scrypt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/0fbe72ce1160d4e576653153486d1405997fff
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/scrypt.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/scrypt.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/_scrypt.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt-0.8.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt-0.8.0-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt-0.8.0-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt-0.8.0-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt-0.8.0-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/scrypt.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-scrypt
/usr/share/doc/python3-scrypt/README.rst

References

python3-scrypt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scrypt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).