How To Install usermode-gtk on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode-gtk on CentOS 8.
What is usermode-gtk
The usermode-gtk package contains several graphical tools for users userinfo, usermount and userpasswd. Userinfo allows users to change their finger information. Usermount lets users mount, unmount, and format file systems. Userpasswd allows users to change their passwords. Install the usermode-gtk package if you would like to provide users with graphical tools for certain account management tasks.
We can use yum or dnf to install usermode-gtk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usermode-gtk.
Install usermode-gtk 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 usermode-gtk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install usermode-gtk
Install usermode-gtk 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 usermode-gtk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install usermode-gtk
How To Uninstall usermode-gtk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the usermode-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove usermode-gtk
usermode-gtk Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/consolehelper-gtk
/usr/bin/pam-panel-icon
/usr/bin/userformat
/usr/bin/userinfo
/usr/bin/usermount
/usr/bin/userpasswd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/becbbff49ef405d58cf579dcf140c1bb45a104
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/858b4b4ea9ba918166437a1045ca8148260626
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/f060c7baee1bee53f6a25c48dcf6eec57d6d72
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/4191813d19e099abe4b972dfe8ba9c27c3801e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/57d658f7999d6b62a4ac47e54bc67e4b9f49e7
/usr/share/applications/redhat-userinfo.desktop
/usr/share/applications/redhat-usermount.desktop
/usr/share/applications/redhat-userpasswd.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/pam-panel-icon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userformat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usermount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userpasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/consolehelper-gtk.8.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/badge-small.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/disks.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/keyring.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/keys.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/password.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/status_lock.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/status_unlocked.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/user_icon.png
/usr/share/usermode
/usr/share/usermode/usermode.ui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode-gtk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.