How To Install pcsc-tools-gscriptor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-tools-gscriptor on Rocky Linux 8. pcsc-tools-gscriptor is GUI tool to send command to a smart card

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-tools-gscriptor on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pcsc-tools-gscriptor

The pcsc-tools-gscriptor package contains graphical tool gscriptor which can send commands to a smart card. It has GTK user interface.

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

Install pcsc-tools-gscriptor 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 pcsc-tools-gscriptor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcsc-tools-gscriptor

Install pcsc-tools-gscriptor 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 pcsc-tools-gscriptor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcsc-tools-gscriptor

How To Uninstall pcsc-tools-gscriptor on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcsc-tools-gscriptor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcsc-tools-gscriptor

pcsc-tools-gscriptor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gscriptor
/usr/share/applications/gscriptor.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/pcsc-tools-gscriptor
/usr/share/licenses/pcsc-tools-gscriptor/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man1/gscriptor.1p.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcsc-tools-gscriptor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.