How To Install R-argon2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-argon2 in Fedora 36. R-argon2 is Secure Password Hashing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-argon2 on Fedora 36.

What is `R-argon2`

Utilities for secure password hashing via the argon2 algorithm. It is a relatively new hashing algorithm and is believed to be very secure. The ‘argon2’ implementation included in the package is the reference implementation. The package also includes some utilities that should be useful for digest authentication, including a wrapper of ‘blake2b’. For similar R packages, see sodium and ‘bcrypt’. See <https <https

We can use yum or dnf to install R-argon2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-argon2.

Install R-argon2 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 R-argon2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-argon2

Install R-argon2 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 R-argon2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-argon2

How To Uninstall R-argon2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the R-argon2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-argon2

R-argon2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/5d35ff127702dd4526045ff6ba929aea194de2
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/CITATION
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/COPYRIGHTS
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/R/argon2
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/R/argon2.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/R/argon2.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/argon2-package.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/argon2.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/argon2.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/blake2b.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/gen_nonce.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/hashing.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/pw_check.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/pw_hash.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/help/raw_as_char.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/argon2-package.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/blake2b.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/gen_nonce.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/hashing.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/html/raw_as_char.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/argon2/libs/argon2.so

References

R-argon2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-argon2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).