How To Install gnome-bluetooth on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-bluetooth on CentOS 8.
What is gnome-bluetooth
The gnome-bluetooth package contains graphical utilities to setup, monitor and use Bluetooth devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-bluetooth on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-bluetooth.
Install gnome-bluetooth 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 gnome-bluetooth using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-bluetooth
Install gnome-bluetooth 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 gnome-bluetooth using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-bluetooth
How To Uninstall gnome-bluetooth on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gnome-bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-bluetooth
gnome-bluetooth Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bluetooth-sendto
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/b6b1ccc8f78407e1ac84a9f50dcee68865e1cd
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gnome-bluetooth-rfkill.rules
/usr/share/applications/bluetooth-sendto.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-bluetooth/README.md
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/gnome-bluetooth/pin-code-database.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-bluetooth/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/bluetooth-sendto.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-bluetooth on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.