How To Install flatpak-xdg-utils on CentOS 8

flatpak-xdg-utils is Command-line tools for use inside Flatpak sandboxes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-xdg-utils on CentOS 8.

What is flatpak-xdg-utils

This package contains a number of command-line utilities for use inside Flatpak sandboxes. They work by talking to portals.

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

Install flatpak-xdg-utils 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 flatpak-xdg-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flatpak-xdg-utils

Install flatpak-xdg-utils 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 flatpak-xdg-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flatpak-xdg-utils

How To Uninstall flatpak-xdg-utils on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the flatpak-xdg-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flatpak-xdg-utils

flatpak-xdg-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/flatpak-xdg-email
/usr/bin/flatpak-xdg-open
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/8132cb5732d5211d75357b79b5acea5e0c2424
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/23905e7b7a4f3a51e9e60bfa2d25a365e69054
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-xdg-utils
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-xdg-utils/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-xdg-utils
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-xdg-utils/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-xdg-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.