How To Install kio_sysinfo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio_sysinfo on CentOS 7. kio_sysinfo is KIO slave which shows basic system information

Introduction

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

What is kio_sysinfo

This is a sysinfo information often requested by users.

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

Install kio_sysinfo on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install kio_sysinfo

Install kio_sysinfo 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 kio_sysinfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kio_sysinfo

How To Uninstall kio_sysinfo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove kio_sysinfo

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Summary

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