How To Install volti-remote 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 volti

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install volti

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

What is volti-remote 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 volti-remote 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 volti-remote 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 volti-remote using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install volti

Install volti-remote on CentOS 8 using yum

Because volti-remote 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 volti-remote package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install volti

How to upgrade (update) a single package volti-remote using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

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

yum update volti

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade volti

How to Upgrade volti-remote 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 volti

How To remove volti-remote from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the volti-remote package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove volti

Extra info and code examples

Volti is a lightweight GTK+ application for controlling audio volume from system tray/notification area. Features: * no PulseAudio, GStreamer, Phonon etc. only ALSA is needed * internal mixer application, either choosing any mixer app is possible * left click opens volume scale (slider) * scroll wheel on tray icon changes volume, increment in percents is configurable * configurable middle click to toggle 'mute' or 'show mixer' * nice tooltip with card and volume info * support for multimedia keys * support desktop notifications on keys events

Conclusion

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

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