How To Install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm-gobject on CentOS 8.
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 8. 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 8 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 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 lightdm-gobject using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lightdm-gobject
How To Uninstall lightdm-gobject on CentOS 8
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 8 using yum and dnf.