How To Install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8.
What is AusweisApp2
The AusweisApp2 is a software to identify yourself online with your ID card (Personalausweis) or your electronic residence permit (Aufenthalts- / Niederlassungserlaubis). The AusweisApp2 also offers you an integrated self-assessment in which you are able to view your data that is stored on the online ID.
We can use yum or dnf to install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install AusweisApp2.
Install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install AusweisApp2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install AusweisApp2
Install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install AusweisApp2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install AusweisApp2
How To Uninstall AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the AusweisApp2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove AusweisApp2
AusweisApp2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/.AusweisApp2.hmac
/usr/bin/AusweisApp2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/86252beb9ea9de2b1742f154b8700669f73759
/usr/libexec/.AusweisApp2.hmac
/usr/libexec/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/applications/com.governikus.ausweisapp2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/doc/AusweisApp2/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/LICENSE.en.txt
/usr/share/licenses/AusweisApp2/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/AusweisApp2.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/com.governikus.ausweisapp2.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install AusweisApp2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
