How To Install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 7. lightdm-gobject is LightDM GObject client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 7.

What is lightdm-gobject

This package contains a GObject based library for LightDM clients to use to interface with LightDM.

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

Install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install lightdm-gobject

Install lightdm-gobject 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 lightdm-gobject using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lightdm-gobject

How To Uninstall lightdm-gobject on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lightdm-gobject package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lightdm-gobject

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Summary

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