How To Install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8. cockpit-podman is Cockpit component for Podman containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8.

What is cockpit-podman

The Cockpit user interface for Podman containers.

We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-podman.

Install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cockpit-podman

Install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8 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-podman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-podman

How To Uninstall cockpit-podman on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cockpit-podman

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-podman on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.