How To Install xguest on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xguest
on CentOS 7.
What is xguest
Installing this package sets up the xguest user to be used as a temporary account to switch to or as a kiosk user account. The account is disabled unless SELinux is in enforcing mode. The user is only allowed to log in via graphical login program. The home and temporary directories of the user will be polyinstantiated and mounted on tmpfs.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xguest
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xguest.
Install xguest on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install xguest
using yum
by running the following command:
Install xguest 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.
After updating yum database, We can install xguest
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall xguest on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xguest
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xguest
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.