How To Install falkon on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install falkon

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install falkon

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is falkon and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install falkon on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install falkon on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install falkon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install falkon

Install falkon on CentOS 8 using yum

Because falkon is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install falkon package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install falkon

How to upgrade (update) a single package falkon using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like falkon in this example you should use the following command:

yum update falkon

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade falkon

How to Upgrade falkon on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update falkon

How To remove falkon from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the falkon package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove falkon

Extra info and code examples

Falkon is a new and very fast Qt Webengine browser. It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms. Falkon has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks, history (both also in sidebar) and tabs. Above that, you can manage RSS feeds with an included RSS reader, block ads with a builtin AdBlock plugin, block Flash content with Click2Flash and edit the local CA Certificates database with an SSL Manager.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install falkon using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the falkon from CentOS 8.

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