How To Install orca on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install orca on CentOS 8. orca is Assistive technology for people with visual impairments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install orca on CentOS 8.

What is orca

Orca is a screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable combinations of speech and/or braille. Orca works with applications and toolkits that support the assistive technology service provider interface (AT-SPI), e.g. the GNOME desktop.

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

Install orca on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install orca

Install orca 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 orca using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install orca

How To Uninstall orca on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove orca

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Summary

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