How To Install xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7.
What is xdg-desktop-portal
xdg-desktop-portal works by exposing a series of D-Bus interfaces known as portals under a well-known name (org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop) and object path (/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop). The portal interfaces include APIs for file access, opening URIs, printing and others. xdg-desktop-portal works by exposing a series of D-Bus interfaces known as portals under a well-known name (org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop) and object path (/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop). The portal interfaces include APIs for file access, opening URIs, printing and others.
We can use yum or dnf to install xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xdg-desktop-portal.
Install xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xdg-desktop-portal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xdg-desktop-portal
Install xdg-desktop-portal 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 xdg-desktop-portal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xdg-desktop-portal
How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xdg-desktop-portal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.