How To Install subscription-manager-cockpit on CentOS 8

subscription-manager-cockpit is Subscription Manager Cockpit UI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-cockpit on CentOS 8.

What is `subscription-manager-cockpit`

Subscription Manager Cockpit UI

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

Install subscription-manager-cockpit 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 subscription-manager-cockpit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install subscription-manager-cockpit

Install subscription-manager-cockpit 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 subscription-manager-cockpit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install subscription-manager-cockpit

How To Uninstall subscription-manager-cockpit on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the subscription-manager-cockpit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove subscription-manager-cockpit

subscription-manager-cockpit Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/applications/subscription-manager-cockpit.desktop
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/index.css
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/index.html
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/index.min.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/manifest.json
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.as.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.bn_IN.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.de.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.es.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.fr.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.gu.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.hi.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.it.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.ja.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.kn.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.ko.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.ml.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.mr.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.or.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.pa.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.pt_BR.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.ru.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.ta_IN.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.te.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.zh_CN.js
/usr/share/cockpit/subscription-manager/po.zh_TW.js
/usr/share/metainfo/org.candlepinproject.subscription_manager.metainfo.xml

References

subscription-manager-cockpit website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install subscription-manager-cockpit on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.