How To Install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8. libaccounts-glib is Accounts framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8.

What is libaccounts-glib

Accounts framework for Linux and POSIX based platforms.

We can use yum or dnf to install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libaccounts-glib.

Install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libaccounts-glib

Install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8 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 libaccounts-glib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libaccounts-glib

How To Uninstall libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libaccounts-glib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libaccounts-glib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaccounts-glib on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.