Information about the package, pwgen, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pwgen package is designed for, Automatic password generation.
Package Name:
pwgen
Summary:
Automatic password generation
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.07
Release:
1.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+
Control the pwgen package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pwgen
This command will install pwgen on the server.
yum remove pwgen
This command will un-install pwgen on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pwgen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pwgen
This command will un-install pwgen on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pwgen when using the -y flag.
yum update pwgen
This command will update pwgen to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pwgen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pwgen
This command will update pwgen to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pwgen when using the -y flag.
yum info pwgen
This command will show you core information about the pwgen package.
yum deplist pwgen
This command will show you the dependencies for pwgen. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pwgen
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pwgen. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.