How To Install system-config-rootpassword on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-rootpassword in Fedora 36. system-config-rootpassword is A graphical interface for modifying the rootpassword

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-rootpassword on Fedora 36.

What is `system-config-rootpassword`

A graphical user interface that allows the user to change the root password of the system.

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

Install system-config-rootpassword 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 system-config-rootpassword using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install system-config-rootpassword

Install system-config-rootpassword 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 system-config-rootpassword using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install system-config-rootpassword

How To Uninstall system-config-rootpassword on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the system-config-rootpassword package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove system-config-rootpassword

system-config-rootpassword Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/system-config-rootpassword
/etc/security/console.apps/system-config-rootpassword
/usr/bin/system-config-rootpassword
/usr/share/applications/system-config-rootpassword.desktop
/usr/share/doc/system-config-rootpassword
/usr/share/doc/system-config-rootpassword/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/system-config-rootpassword/COPYING
/usr/share/firstboot/modules/rootpassword.py
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/system-config-rootpassword.png
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/system-config-rootpassword.mo
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/passwordDialog.py
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/pixmaps
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/pixmaps/system-config-rootpassword.png
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/rootpassword_tui.py
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/system-config-rootpassword
/usr/share/system-config-rootpassword/system-config-rootpassword.py

References

system-config-rootpassword website

Summary

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