How To Install udiskie on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install udiskie on CentOS 7. udiskie is Removable disk auto-mounter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udiskie on CentOS 7.

What is udiskie

udiskie is a front-end for UDisks written in python. Its main purpose is automatically mounting removable media, such as CDs or flash drives. It has optional mount notifications, a GTK tray icon and user level CLIs for manual mounting and unmounting operations.

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

Install udiskie on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install udiskie

Install udiskie 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 udiskie using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install udiskie

How To Uninstall udiskie on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove udiskie

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Summary

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