How To Install gnome-packagekit on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit on CentOS 7. gnome-packagekit is Session applications to manage packages

Introduction

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

What is gnome-packagekit

gnome-packagekit provides session applications for the PackageKit API. There are several utilities designed for installing, updating and removing packages on your system.

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

Install gnome-packagekit 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-packagekit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-packagekit

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

sudo dnf -y install gnome-packagekit

How To Uninstall gnome-packagekit on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-packagekit

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Summary

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