How To Install clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8.
What is clevis-udisks2
Automatically unlocks LUKS block devices in desktop environments that use UDisks2 or storaged (like GNOME).
We can use yum or dnf to install clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clevis-udisks2.
Install clevis-udisks2 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 clevis-udisks2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clevis-udisks2
Install clevis-udisks2 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 clevis-udisks2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clevis-udisks2
How To Uninstall clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the clevis-udisks2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clevis-udisks2
clevis-udisks2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xdg/autostart/clevis-luks-udisks2.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/2c9bcb7833d8163a851104cec7956ed4885eb6
/usr/libexec/clevis-luks-udisks2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.