How To Install rclone-browser on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone-browser on CentOS 8. rclone-browser is Simple cross platform GUI for rclone

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone-browser on CentOS 8.

What is rclone-browser

Simple cross platfrom GUI for rclone command line tool. Features - Allows to browse and modify any rclone remote, including encrypted ones - Uses same configuration file as rclone, no extra configuration required - Supports custom location and encryption for .rclone.conf configuration file - Simultaneously navigate multiple repositories in separate tabs - Lists files hierarchically with file name, size and modify date - All rclone commands are executed asynchronously, no freezing GUI - File hierarchy is lazily cached in memory, for faster traversal of folders - Allows to upload, download, create new folders, rename or delete files and folders - Allows to calculate size of folder, export list of files and copy rclone command to clipboard - Can process multiple upload or download jobs in background - Drag & drop support for dragging files from local file explorer for uploading - Streaming media files for playback in player like mpv or similar - Mount and unmount folders on macOS and GNU/Linux - Optionally minimizes to tray, with notifications when upload/download finishes - Supports portable mode (create .ini file next to executable with same name), rclone and .rclone.conf path now can be relative to executable

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

Install rclone-browser on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rclone-browser

Install rclone-browser 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 rclone-browser using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rclone-browser

How To Uninstall rclone-browser on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rclone-browser package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rclone-browser

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Summary

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