How To Install pwkickstart on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pwkickstart on CentOS 7.
What is pwkickstart
Helps to generate kickstart passwords, similarly to grub-crypt tool.
We can use yum or dnf to install pwkickstart on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pwkickstart.
Install pwkickstart on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pwkickstart using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pwkickstart
Install pwkickstart 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 pwkickstart using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pwkickstart
How To Uninstall pwkickstart on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pwkickstart package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pwkickstart
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pwkickstart on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.