How To Install linssid-pkexec 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 linssid

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install linssid

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

What is linssid-pkexec 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 linssid-pkexec 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 linssid-pkexec 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 linssid-pkexec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linssid

Install linssid-pkexec on CentOS 8 using yum

Because linssid-pkexec 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 linssid-pkexec package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linssid

How to upgrade (update) a single package linssid-pkexec using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

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

yum update linssid

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade linssid

How to Upgrade linssid-pkexec 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 linssid

How To remove linssid-pkexec from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the linssid-pkexec package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove linssid

Extra info and code examples

LinSSID is a graphical program that displays locally receivable 802.11 wireless attach points and ad hoc networks. A table is displayed with various parameters such as MAC address, channel, and signal strength. Graphs are also displayed with signal strength by channel and signal strength over time. LinSSID is graphically and functionally similar to inSSIDer (for Microsoft Windows) and Wifi Analyzer (for Android). LinSSID can be used to measure the local performance or to search for an interference free channel to be set in a wireless router (access point or AP). The wireless established link won't be affected by these operations because LinSSID needn't set the monitor mode in network interface. Some features: - Table of locally receivable attach points with many columns of different information and sortable and movable columns. - Adjustable speed, real-time update. - Graphs of signal strength by channel and over time. - AP bandwidth displayed. - Works on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels.

Conclusion

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

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