How To Install plasma-mediacenter on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-mediacenter on CentOS 8. plasma-mediacenter is A mediacenter user interface written with the Plasma framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-mediacenter on CentOS 8.

What is plasma-mediacenter

Plasma Media Center is designed to provide an easy and comfortable way to watch your videos, browse your photo collection and listen to your music, all in one place. This release brings many refinements and a host of new features, making consuming media even easier and more fun.

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

Install plasma-mediacenter on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install plasma-mediacenter

Install plasma-mediacenter 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 plasma-mediacenter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plasma-mediacenter

How To Uninstall plasma-mediacenter on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the plasma-mediacenter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plasma-mediacenter

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Summary

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