Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-obexd on CentOS 8.
What is bluez-obexd
Object Exchange daemon for sharing files, contacts etc over bluetooth
We can use yum or dnf to install bluez-obexd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bluez-obexd.
Install bluez-obexd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bluez-obexd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bluez-obexd
Install bluez-obexd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bluez-obexd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bluez-obexd
How To Uninstall bluez-obexd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bluez-obexd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bluez-obexd
bluez-obexd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/eb372069f5e1c7a70185efde40f7257abf16d5
/usr/lib/systemd/user/obex.service
/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-obexd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
