How To Install PackageKit on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit
on CentOS 7.
What is PackageKit
PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API. PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install PackageKit
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install PackageKit.
Install PackageKit on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit
using yum
by running the following command:
Install PackageKit on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall PackageKit on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the PackageKit
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.