How To Install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8. cros-garcon is Chromium OS Garcon Bridge

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cros-garcon

This package provides the systemd unit files for Garcon, the bridge to Chromium OS.

We can use yum or dnf to install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cros-garcon.

Install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cros-garcon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cros-garcon

Install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cros-garcon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cros-garcon

How To Uninstall cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cros-garcon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cros-garcon

cros-garcon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/skel/.config/cros-garcon.conf
/usr/bin/garcon-terminal-handler
/usr/bin/garcon-url-handler
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service.d
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service.d/cros-garcon-override.conf
/usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback/garcon.py
/usr/share/applications/garcon_host_browser.desktop
/usr/share/doc/cros-garcon
/usr/share/doc/cros-garcon/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-garcon
/usr/share/licenses/cros-garcon/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-garcon on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.