How to Install and Uninstall ghc-scrypt Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 19,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "ghc-scrypt" package

This tutorial shows how to install ghc-scrypt on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                ghc-scrypt
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ghc-scrypt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ghc-scrypt on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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3. Information about the ghc-scrypt package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package ghc-scrypt:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : ghc-scrypt
Version : 0.5.0-2.17
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 104,6 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : ghc-scrypt-0.5.0-2.17.src
Summary : Stronger password hashing via sequential memory-hard functions
Description :
This package provides bindings to Colin Percival's `scrypt` implementation
(). Scrypt is a key derivation function
designed to be far more secure against hardware brute-force attacks than
alternative functions such as PBKDF2 or bcrypt.
Details of the scrypt key derivation function are given in a paper by Colin
Percival, Stronger Key Derivation via Sequential Memory-Hard Functions:
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