How To Install monkeysphere-authentication on Fedora 34

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install monkeysphere

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install monkeysphere

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is monkeysphere-authentication and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running Fedora 34. This guide was written specifically with a server running Fedora 34 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install monkeysphere-authentication on Fedora 34. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install monkeysphere-authentication on Fedora 34 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install monkeysphere-authentication using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install monkeysphere

Install monkeysphere-authentication on Fedora 34 using yum

Because monkeysphere-authentication is available in Fedora 34’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install monkeysphere-authentication package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install monkeysphere

How to upgrade (update) a single package monkeysphere-authentication using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like monkeysphere-authentication in this example you should use the following command:

yum update monkeysphere

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade monkeysphere

How to Upgrade monkeysphere-authentication on Fedora 34 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update monkeysphere

How To remove monkeysphere-authentication from Fedora 34

To uninstall only the monkeysphere-authentication package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove monkeysphere

Extra info and code examples

SSH key-based authentication is tried-and-true, but it lacks a true Public Key Infrastructure for key certification, revocation and expiration. Monkeysphere is a framework that uses the OpenPGP web of trust for these PKI functions. It can be used in both directions: for users to get validated host keys, and for hosts to authenticate users. Current monkeysphere SSH tools are designed to integrate with the OpenSSH implementation of the Secure Shell protocol. Monkeysphere can also be used by a validation agent to validate TLS connections (e.g. https).

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install monkeysphere-authentication using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the monkeysphere-authentication from Fedora 34.

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