How To Install clevis-udisks2 on CentOS 8

clevis-udisks2 is UDisks2/Storaged integration for clevis

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.