How To Install pwgen on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pwgen on CentOS 7.
What is pwgen
pwgen generates random, meaningless but pronounceable passwords. These passwords contain either only lowercase letters, or upper and lower case, or upper case, lower case and numeric digits. Upper case letters and numeric digits are placed in a way that eases memorizing the password.
We can use yum or dnf to install pwgen on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pwgen.
Install pwgen on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pwgen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pwgen
Install pwgen on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pwgen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pwgen
How To Uninstall pwgen on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pwgen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pwgen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pwgen on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
