How To Install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is fpm2
Figaro’s Password Manager 2 is a program that allows you to securely store the passwords using GTK3 interface. Features include - Passwords are encrypted with the AES-256-GCM algorithm. - Copy passwords or user names to the clipboard/primary selection. - If the password is for a web site, FPM2 can keep track of the URLs of your login screens and can automatically launch your browser. In this capacity, FPM2 acts as a kind of bookmark manager. - Combine all three features login screen, copy your user name to the clipboard and your password to the primary selection, all with a single button click. - FPM2 also has a password generator that can choose passwords for you. It allows you to determine how long the password should be, and what types of characters (lower case, upper case, numbers and symbols) should be used. You can even have it avoid ambiguous characters such as a capital O or the number zero. - Auto-minimize and/or auto-locking passwords database after configurable time to the tray icon.
We can use yum or dnf to install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fpm2.
Install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fpm2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fpm2
Install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install fpm2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fpm2
How To Uninstall fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the fpm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fpm2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpm2 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.