How To Install authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7.
What is authconfig-gtk
Authconfig-gtk is a GUI program which can configure a workstation to use shadow (more secure) passwords. Authconfig-gtk can also configure a system to be a client for certain networked user information and authentication schemes.
We can use yum or dnf to install authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install authconfig-gtk.
Install authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install authconfig-gtk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install authconfig-gtk
Install authconfig-gtk 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 authconfig-gtk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install authconfig-gtk
How To Uninstall authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the authconfig-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove authconfig-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install authconfig-gtk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
