How To Install brightnessctl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brightnessctl on CentOS 7.
What is brightnessctl
Utility to read and control the display brightness.
We can use yum or dnf to install brightnessctl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install brightnessctl.
Install brightnessctl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install brightnessctl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install brightnessctl
Install brightnessctl 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 brightnessctl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install brightnessctl
How To Uninstall brightnessctl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the brightnessctl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove brightnessctl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brightnessctl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
