How To Install webextension-token-signing on CentOS 8

webextension-token-signing is Chrome and Firefox extension for signing with your eID on the web

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install webextension-token-signing on CentOS 8.

What is webextension-token-signing

Chrome and Firefox extension for signing with your eID on the web.

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

Install webextension-token-signing 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 webextension-token-signing using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install webextension-token-signing

Install webextension-token-signing 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 webextension-token-signing using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install webextension-token-signing

How To Uninstall webextension-token-signing on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the webextension-token-signing package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove webextension-token-signing

webextension-token-signing Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/ee.ria.esteid.json
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/ee.ria.esteid.json
/usr/bin/chrome-token-signing
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/a9b6693094887f3b0bd0a68b640981ab528efb
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/ee.ria.esteid.json
/usr/share/chromium/extensions/ckjefchnfjhjfedoccjbhjpbncimppeg.json
/usr/share/doc/webextension-token-signing
/usr/share/doc/webextension-token-signing/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/webextension-token-signing/README.md
/usr/share/doc/webextension-token-signing/RELEASE-NOTES.md
/usr/share/google-chrome/extensions/ckjefchnfjhjfedoccjbhjpbncimppeg.json
/usr/share/licenses/webextension-token-signing
/usr/share/licenses/webextension-token-signing/LICENSE.LGPL
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{443830f0-1fff-4f9a-aa1e-444bafbc7319}.xpi

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install webextension-token-signing on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.