Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on CentOS 8.
What is apg
APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random password generation. This standalone version generates some random words of required type and prints them to standard output.
We can use yum or dnf to install apg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apg.
Install apg on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install apg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install apg
Install apg on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install apg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install apg
How To Uninstall apg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the apg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove apg
apg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/apg
/usr/bin/apgbfm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/03fa473821a25512bdd618e34f47fae166c121
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/54fccb61070d59b6d2da38cddb5625587d11ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/ddb4564ce4fb18a758b3b93d026a021161d86c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/apg.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/apgd
/usr/share/doc/apg
/usr/share/doc/apg/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/apg/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/apg/README
/usr/share/doc/apg/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/apg/TODO
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc0972.txt
/usr/share/doc/apg/rfc1750.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/apg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apgbfm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/apgd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
