How To Install R-getPass on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-getPass in Fedora 36. R-getPass is Masked User Input

Introduction

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

What is R-getPass

A micro-package for reading “passwords”, i.e. reading user input with masking, so that the input is not displayed as it is typed. Currently we have support for ‘RStudio’, the command line (every OS), and any platform where ’tcltk’ is present.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install R-getPass

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

sudo yum -y install R-getPass

How To Uninstall R-getPass on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove R-getPass

R-getPass Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/e70b147200c2ff0dad38f7556d1262f5b763c9
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/CITATION
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/Meta/vignette.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/R/getPass
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/R/getPass.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/R/getPass.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/doc
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/doc/getPass.Rnw
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/doc/getPass.pdf
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/doc/index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/getPass-package.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/getPass.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/getPass.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/getPass.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/html/getPass-package.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/html/getPass.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/getPass/libs/getPass.so

References

Summary

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