How To Install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7. cockpit-composer is Composer GUI for use with Cockpit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7.

What is cockpit-composer

Composer generates custom images suitable for deploying systems or uploading to the cloud. It integrates into Cockpit as a frontend for Lorax Composer.

We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-composer.

Install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-composer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cockpit-composer

Install cockpit-composer 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 cockpit-composer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-composer

How To Uninstall cockpit-composer on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cockpit-composer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cockpit-composer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-composer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.