How To Install debconf-gnome on CentOS 8

debconf-gnome is GNOME frontend for debconf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-gnome on CentOS 8.

What is debconf-gnome

This package contains the GNOME frontend for debconf.

We can use yum or dnf to install debconf-gnome on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf-gnome.

Install debconf-gnome 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 debconf-gnome using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install debconf-gnome

Install debconf-gnome 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 debconf-gnome using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install debconf-gnome

How To Uninstall debconf-gnome on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the debconf-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove debconf-gnome

debconf-gnome Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Gnome/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-gnome on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.