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