How To Install PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7.
What is PackageKit-yum-plugin
PackageKit-yum-plugin tells PackageKit to check for updates when yum exits. This way, if you run ‘yum update’ and install all available updates, puplet will almost instantly update itself to reflect this.
We can use yum or dnf to install PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install PackageKit-yum-plugin.
Install PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit-yum-plugin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install PackageKit-yum-plugin
Install PackageKit-yum-plugin 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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install PackageKit-yum-plugin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install PackageKit-yum-plugin
How To Uninstall PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the PackageKit-yum-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove PackageKit-yum-plugin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install PackageKit-yum-plugin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.