How To Install sshpass on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshpass on AlmaLinux 8.
What is sshpass
Tool for non-interactively performing password authentication with so called “interactive keyboard password authentication” of SSH. Most users should use more secure public key authentication of SSH instead.
We can use yum or dnf to install sshpass on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sshpass.
Install sshpass 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 sshpass using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sshpass
Install sshpass 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 sshpass using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sshpass
How To Uninstall sshpass on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the sshpass package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sshpass
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshpass on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.