How To Install passwd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwd
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is passwd
This package contains a system utility (passwd) which sets or changes passwords, using PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) library.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install passwd
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install passwd.
Install passwd 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 passwd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install passwd
Install passwd 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 passwd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install passwd
How To Uninstall passwd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the passwd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove passwd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwd
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.