How To Install testssl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install testssl in Fedora 36. testssl is Testing TLS/SSL encryption

Introduction

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

What is `testssl`

testssl.sh is a free command line tool which checks a server’s service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws and more.

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

Install testssl 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 testssl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install testssl

Install testssl 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 testssl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install testssl

How To Uninstall testssl on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove testssl

testssl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/testssl/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/testssl
/usr/share/licenses/testssl/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/testssl.1.gz
/usr/share/testssl
/usr/share/testssl/etc
/usr/share/testssl/etc/README.md
/usr/share/testssl/etc/ca_hashes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/cipher-mapping.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/client-simulation.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/common-primes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/tls_data.txt

References

testssl website

Summary

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