How To Install gnome-keyring-pam on CentOS 8

gnome-keyring-pam is Pam module for unlocking keyrings

Introduction

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

What is gnome-keyring-pam

The gnome-keyring-pam package contains a pam module that can automatically unlock the “login” keyring when the user logs in.

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

Install gnome-keyring-pam 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-keyring-pam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-keyring-pam

Install gnome-keyring-pam 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-keyring-pam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-keyring-pam

How To Uninstall gnome-keyring-pam on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-keyring-pam

gnome-keyring-pam Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/a1fca9ba5fa73c5699eddc13c5a1bfa90ada14
/usr/lib64/security/pam_gnome_keyring.so

References

Summary

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