How To Install subversion-gnome on CentOS 8

subversion-gnome is GNOME Keyring support for Subversion

Introduction

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

What is subversion-gnome

The subversion-gnome package adds support for storing Subversion passwords in the GNOME Keyring.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install subversion-gnome

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

sudo yum -y install subversion-gnome

How To Uninstall subversion-gnome on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove subversion-gnome

subversion-gnome Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/249fdacf6773810edea0caa5aca1e20589c600
/usr/lib64/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

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