How To Install usbguard-dbus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard-dbus on Rocky Linux 8. usbguard-dbus is USBGuard D-Bus Service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard-dbus on Rocky Linux 8.

What is usbguard-dbus

The usbguard-dbus package contains an optional component that provides a D-Bus interface to the USBGuard daemon component.

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

Install usbguard-dbus 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 usbguard-dbus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usbguard-dbus

Install usbguard-dbus 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 usbguard-dbus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbguard-dbus

How To Uninstall usbguard-dbus on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the usbguard-dbus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usbguard-dbus

usbguard-dbus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/6ae536b815953a6b592533f36b5981b19bdd4c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbguard-dbus.service
/usr/sbin/usbguard-dbus
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.usbguard1.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.usbguard1.conf
/usr/share/man/man8/usbguard-dbus.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.usbguard1.policy

References

Summary

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