How To Install gnome-contacts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts on CentOS 7. gnome-contacts is Contacts manager for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-contacts on CentOS 7.

What is gnome-contacts

gnome-contacts is a standalone contacts manager for GNOME desktop.

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

Install gnome-contacts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gnome-contacts

Install gnome-contacts 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 gnome-contacts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-contacts

How To Uninstall gnome-contacts on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnome-contacts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-contacts

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Summary

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