How To Install kgreeter-plugins on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgreeter-plugins on CentOS 7. kgreeter-plugins is KDE Greeter Plugin Components

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgreeter-plugins on CentOS 7.

What is kgreeter-plugins

KDE Greeter Plugin Components that are needed by KDM and Screensaver unlocking.

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

Install kgreeter-plugins on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install kgreeter-plugins

Install kgreeter-plugins 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 kgreeter-plugins using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kgreeter-plugins

How To Uninstall kgreeter-plugins on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the kgreeter-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kgreeter-plugins

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Summary

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