How To Install gnome-packagekit-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-packagekit-common on CentOS 7. gnome-packagekit-common is Common files required for gnome-packagekit

Introduction

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

What is gnome-packagekit-common

Files shared by all subpackages of gnome-packagekit

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

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

sudo yum -y install gnome-packagekit-common

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

sudo dnf -y install gnome-packagekit-common

How To Uninstall gnome-packagekit-common on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-packagekit-common

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Summary

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