How To Install ksshaskpass on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ksshaskpass on Rocky Linux 8. ksshaskpass is A ssh-add helper that uses kwallet and kpassworddialog

Introduction

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

What is `ksshaskpass`

A ssh-add helper that uses kwallet and kpassworddialog.

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

Install ksshaskpass 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 ksshaskpass using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksshaskpass

Install ksshaskpass 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 ksshaskpass using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksshaskpass

How To Uninstall ksshaskpass on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ksshaskpass

ksshaskpass Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/ksshaskpass.sh
/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/3e1ad88c4dba111773e1baafb18485d4f547c6
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/doc/ksshaskpass/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass
/usr/share/licenses/ksshaskpass/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/ksshaskpass.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ksshaskpass.1.gz

References

ksshaskpass website

Summary

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