How To Install lxqt-wallet on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-wallet on CentOS 7. lxqt-wallet is Create a kwallet like functionality for LXQt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-wallet on CentOS 7.

What is lxqt-wallet

This project seeks to give a functionality for secure storage of information that can be presented in key-values pair like user names-passwords pairs. Currently the project can store the information in KDE’s kwallet, GNOME’s secret service or in an internal system that use libgcrypt as its cryptographic backend. The internal secure storage system allows the functionality to be provided without dependencies on KDE or GNOME libraries. This project is designed to be used by other projects simply by adding the source folder in the build system and start using it.

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

Install lxqt-wallet on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install lxqt-wallet

Install lxqt-wallet 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 lxqt-wallet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lxqt-wallet

How To Uninstall lxqt-wallet on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lxqt-wallet package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lxqt-wallet

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Summary

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