How To Install hashid on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hashid on Rocky Linux 8. hashid is A tool to identify different types of hashes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hashid on Rocky Linux 8.

What is hashid

Identify the different types of hashes used to encrypt data and especially passwords. hashID is a tool which supports the identification of over 220 unique hash types using regular expressions. It is able to identify a single hash, parse a file or read multiple files in a directory and identify the hashes within them.

We can use yum or dnf to install hashid on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hashid.

Install hashid on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hashid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hashid

Install hashid on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hashid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hashid

How To Uninstall hashid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove hashid

hashid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/hashid
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hashid.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hashid.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashID-3.1.4-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hashid.py
/usr/share/doc/hashid
/usr/share/doc/hashid/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/hashid/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/hashid
/usr/share/licenses/hashid/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man7/hashid.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hashid on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.