How To Install gnome-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-bluetooth is Bluetooth graphical utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gnome-bluetooth

The gnome-bluetooth package contains graphical utilities to setup, monitor and use Bluetooth devices.

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

Install gnome-bluetooth 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 gnome-bluetooth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-bluetooth

Install gnome-bluetooth 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 gnome-bluetooth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-bluetooth

How To Uninstall gnome-bluetooth on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-bluetooth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-bluetooth

gnome-bluetooth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bluetooth-sendto
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/2f17fe2d6be4775c56f7764472a4af4c802420
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gnome-bluetooth-rfkill.rules
/usr/share/applications/bluetooth-sendto.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/README.md
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth/pin-code-database.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-sendto.1.gz
/usr/bin/bluetooth-sendto
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/3b599ba0ad1c3eac28dd5b2e27abc3cd73b5c8
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gnome-bluetooth-rfkill.rules
/usr/share/applications/bluetooth-sendto.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/README.md
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth/pin-code-database.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-sendto.1.gz

References

Summary

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