How To Install system-config-firewall on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-firewall on CentOS 7.

What is system-config-firewall

system-config-firewall is a graphical user interface for basic firewall setup.

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

Install system-config-firewall on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install system-config-firewall using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install system-config-firewall

Install system-config-firewall 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 system-config-firewall using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install system-config-firewall

How To Uninstall system-config-firewall on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the system-config-firewall package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove system-config-firewall

References

• system-config-firewall website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-firewall on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.