How To Install usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode-gtk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. usermode-gtk.x86_64 is Graphical tools for certain user account management tasks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is usermode-gtk.x86_64

The usermode-gtk package contains several graphical tools for users to change their finger information. Usermount lets users mount, unmount, and format file systems. Userpasswd allows users to change their passwords. Install the usermode-gtk package if you would like to provide users with graphical tools for certain account management tasks.

We can use yum to install usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usermode-gtk.x86_64.

Install usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install usermode-gtk.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usermode-gtk.x86_64

How To Uninstall usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the usermode-gtk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove usermode-gtk.x86_64

usermode-gtk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/consolehelper-gtk
/usr/bin/pam-panel-icon
/usr/bin/userformat
/usr/bin/userinfo
/usr/bin/usermount
/usr/bin/userpasswd
/usr/share/applications/redhat-userinfo.desktop
/usr/share/applications/redhat-usermount.desktop
/usr/share/applications/redhat-userpasswd.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/pam-panel-icon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userformat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usermount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userpasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/consolehelper-gtk.8.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/badge-small.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/disks.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/keyring.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/keys.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/password.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/status_lock.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/status_unlocked.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/user_icon.png
/usr/share/usermode
/usr/share/usermode/usermode.ui

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode-gtk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.