How To Install kdocker on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdocker on CentOS 7. kdocker is Dock any application in the system tray

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdocker on CentOS 7.

What is kdocker

KDocker will help you dock any application in the system tray. This means you can dock OpenOffice, XMMS, Firefox, Thunderbolt, Eclipse, anything! Just point and click. Works for LXQT/KDE and GTK/GNOME (In fact it should work for most modern window managers that support NET WM Specification for instance). All you need to do is start KDocker and select an application using the mouse and lo! the application gets docked into the system tray. The application can also be made to disappear from the task bar.

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

Install kdocker on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kdocker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdocker

Install kdocker 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 kdocker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdocker

How To Uninstall kdocker on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the kdocker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kdocker

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Summary

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