How To Install x11-ssh-askpass on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install x11-ssh-askpass in Fedora 36. x11-ssh-askpass is A passphrase dialog for X and not only for OpenSSH

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x11-ssh-askpass on Fedora 36.

What is `x11-ssh-askpass`

x11-ssh-askpass is a lightweight passphrase dialog for OpenSSH or other open variants of SSH. In particular, x11-ssh-askpass is useful with the Unix port of OpenSSH by Damien Miller and others, and Damien includes it in his RPM packages of OpenSSH. x11-ssh-askpass uses only the stock X11 libraries (libX11, libXt) for its user interface. This reduces its dependencies on external libraries (such as GNOME or Perl/Tk). See the README for further information.

We can use yum or dnf to install x11-ssh-askpass on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x11-ssh-askpass.

Install x11-ssh-askpass 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 x11-ssh-askpass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x11-ssh-askpass

Install x11-ssh-askpass 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 x11-ssh-askpass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x11-ssh-askpass

How To Uninstall x11-ssh-askpass on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the x11-ssh-askpass package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x11-ssh-askpass

x11-ssh-askpass Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/profile.d/x11-ssh-askpass.csh
/etc/profile.d/x11-ssh-askpass.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/a4dbc8808404a0096819db9f23b2a2d13cda13
/usr/libexec/openssh
/usr/libexec/openssh/x11-ssh-askpass
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/SshAskpass
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/README
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass-1337.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass-NeXTish.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass-default.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass-green.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass-motif.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/SshAskpass.ad
/usr/share/doc/x11-ssh-askpass/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/x11-ssh-askpass.1x.gz

References

x11-ssh-askpass website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x11-ssh-askpass on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).