How To Install dbus-tools on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-tools on CentOS 8. dbus-tools is D-BUS Tools and Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbus-tools on CentOS 8.

What is dbus-tools

Tools and utilities to interact with a running D-Bus Message Bus, provided by the reference implementation. Tools and utilities to interact with a running D-Bus Message Bus, provided by the reference implementation.

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

Install dbus-tools on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install dbus-tools

Install dbus-tools 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 dbus-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dbus-tools

How To Uninstall dbus-tools on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dbus-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dbus-tools

References

Summary

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