How To Install usermode on Fedora 34

usermode is Tools for certain user account management tasks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode on Fedora 34.

What is `usermode`

The usermode package contains the userhelper program, which can be used to allow configured programs to be run with superuser privileges by ordinary users.

We can use yum or dnf to install usermode on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usermode.

Install usermode on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install usermode using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usermode

Install usermode on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install usermode using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usermode

How To Uninstall usermode on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the usermode package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usermode

usermode Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/security/console.apps/config-util
/usr/bin/consolehelper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/99b0048815de9e8d6446111086db215d32d755
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/d31c750d7ac88a3b25935f5c0fc06cc717acc7
/usr/sbin/userhelper
/usr/share/doc/usermode
/usr/share/doc/usermode/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/usermode/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/usermode/README
/usr/share/licenses/usermode
/usr/share/licenses/usermode/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/consolehelper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/userhelper.8.gz
/etc/security/console.apps/config-util
/usr/bin/consolehelper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/db595dcb5b3ee7b45126d2d8d3e830d1e53ea9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/83e3a287f4390141da2162979a2ef7c6180d1d
/usr/sbin/userhelper
/usr/share/doc/usermode
/usr/share/doc/usermode/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/usermode/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/usermode/README
/usr/share/licenses/usermode
/usr/share/licenses/usermode/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/usermode.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/consolehelper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/userhelper.8.gz

References

usermode website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usermode on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.