How To Install esc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install esc on Rocky Linux 8. esc is Enterprise Security Client Smart Card Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install esc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is esc

Enterprise Security Client allows the user to enroll and manage their cryptographic smartcards.

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

Install esc 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 esc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install esc

Install esc 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 esc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install esc

How To Uninstall esc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the esc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove esc

esc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/esc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/18047002bb97111115ab9c746536e8481b8042
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/6342d2c7d3e639ab82890aecadb75c5334310e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/40107df8534a36274d0f03ccfb6f7aabf8153b
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/esc.js
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/esc.properties
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/girepository-1.0/Coolkey-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/girepository-1.0/Coolkey_1_0_gir
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libCoolkey-1.0.so
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libCoolkey-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libCoolkey-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libNssHttpClient-1.0.so
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libNssHttpClient-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libNssHttpClient-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libcoolkeymgr-1.0.so
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libcoolkeymgr-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/lib/libcoolkeymgr-1.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/opensc.esc.conf
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/operationDialog.js
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/phoneHome.js
/usr/lib64/esc-1.1.2/pinDialog.js
/usr/share/applications/esc.desktop
/usr/share/doc/esc/LICENSE
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/esc.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/esc.png

References

Summary

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