How To Install usbauth-notifier on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbauth-notifier on Rocky Linux 8. usbauth-notifier is Notifier for USB Firewall to use with desktop environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbauth-notifier on Rocky Linux 8.

What is usbauth-notifier

A notifier for the usbauth firewall against BadUSB attacks. The user could manually allow or deny USB devices.

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

Install usbauth-notifier 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 usbauth-notifier using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usbauth-notifier

Install usbauth-notifier 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 usbauth-notifier using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbauth-notifier

How To Uninstall usbauth-notifier on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the usbauth-notifier package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usbauth-notifier

usbauth-notifier Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart
/etc/xdg/autostart/usbauth-notifier.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/b9aff9b054d3fd0439346fcdbb6797aeb4d624
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/bc812d6fb9e41689b6b19b5348e6a547d9ca4e
/usr/libexec/usbauth-notifier
/usr/libexec/usbauth-notifier/usbauth-notifier
/usr/libexec/usbauth-npriv
/usr/share/doc/usbauth-notifier
/usr/share/doc/usbauth-notifier/README
/usr/share/licenses/usbauth-notifier
/usr/share/licenses/usbauth-notifier/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/usbauth-notifier.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/usbauth-notifier.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/usbauth-notifier.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usbauth-npriv.1.gz

References

Summary

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