How To Install cockpit-system on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-system on CentOS 7. cockpit-system is Cockpit admin interface package for configuring and

Introduction

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

What is cockpit-system

This package contains the Cockpit shell and system configuration interfaces.

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

Install cockpit-system 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-system using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cockpit-system

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

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-system

How To Uninstall cockpit-system on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cockpit-system

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Summary

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