How To Install sshexport on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshexport in Fedora 36. sshexport is Install your SSH keys on remote sites

Introduction

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

What is `sshexport`

This script tries to export SSH public keys to specified sites. It will walk the user through generating key pairs if it doesn’t find any to export. It handles all the fiddly details, like remembering the SSH key file names, updating the authorized_keys and making sure local and remote permissions are correct. It tells you what it’s doing if it has to change anything.

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

Install sshexport 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 sshexport using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sshexport

Install sshexport 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 sshexport using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sshexport

How To Uninstall sshexport on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove sshexport

sshexport Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ssh-installkeys
/usr/bin/sshexport
/usr/share/doc/sshexport
/usr/share/doc/sshexport/README
/usr/share/doc/sshexport/sshexport.html
/usr/share/licenses/sshexport
/usr/share/licenses/sshexport/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ssh-installkeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sshexport.1.gz

References

sshexport website

Summary

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