How To Install yapet on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install yapet in Fedora 36. yapet is Yet Another Password Encryption Tool

Introduction

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

What is `yapet`

YAPET is a text based password manager using the AES-256 encryption algorithm to store passwords and associated information encrypted on disk. Its primary aim is to provide a safe way to store passwords in a file on disk while having a small footprint, and compiling and running under today’s most popular Unix Systems. The password records are protected by a master password which is used to encrypt and decrypt the password records.

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

Install yapet 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 yapet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yapet

Install yapet 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 yapet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yapet

How To Uninstall yapet on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove yapet

yapet Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/csv2yapet
/usr/bin/yapet
/usr/bin/yapet2csv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/f66e8105b05b7832680edf899d1c925b167a88
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/16b4d544ddc115f327506d582880f7930b83fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/348258f19f65a8661ea0d9019b501869ad5dbf
/usr/share/doc/yapet
/usr/share/doc/yapet/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/yapet/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/yapet/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/yapet/README
/usr/share/licenses/yapet
/usr/share/licenses/yapet/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/yapet/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libyacurs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/yapet.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/csv2yapet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/yapet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/yapet2csv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/yapet_colors.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/yapet_config.5.gz

References

yapet website

Summary

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