How To Install cros-garcon on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-garcon on CentOS 8.
What is cros-garcon
This package provides the systemd unit files for Garcon, the bridge to Chromium OS.
We can use yum or dnf to install cros-garcon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cros-garcon.
Install cros-garcon 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 cros-garcon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cros-garcon
Install cros-garcon 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 cros-garcon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cros-garcon
How To Uninstall cros-garcon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cros-garcon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cros-garcon
cros-garcon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/skel/.config/cros-garcon.conf
/usr/bin/garcon-terminal-handler
/usr/bin/garcon-url-handler
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service.d
/usr/lib/systemd/user/cros-garcon.service.d/cros-garcon-override.conf
/usr/share/ansible/plugins/callback/garcon.py
/usr/share/applications/garcon_host_browser.desktop
/usr/share/doc/cros-garcon
/usr/share/doc/cros-garcon/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cros-garcon
/usr/share/licenses/cros-garcon/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cros-garcon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.