How To Install ssss on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssss in Fedora 36. ssss is Shamir’s secret sharing scheme

Introduction

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

What is `ssss`

ssss is an implementation of Shamir’s secret sharing scheme. ssss does both of a secret using user provided shares.

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

Install ssss 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 ssss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ssss

Install ssss 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 ssss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ssss

How To Uninstall ssss on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ssss

ssss Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ssss-combine
/usr/bin/ssss-split
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/b25fa23da5f5424ae3be359ccd4af97cf921b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/b25fa23da5f5424ae3be359ccd4af97cf921b6.1
/usr/share/doc/ssss
/usr/share/doc/ssss/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/ssss/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/ssss/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/ssss/doc.html
/usr/share/doc/ssss/ssss.manpage.xml
/usr/share/man/man1/ssss-combine.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ssss-split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ssss.1.gz

References

ssss website

Summary

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