Install and Manage Add-on Applications

The Cockpit add-on applications are installable by either issuing a command in the CLI or by clicking a button on the Applications page of the Cockpit web console.

Initially, all Cockpit add-on applications packages must be installed through the CLI. After an add-on application is installed through the CLI, the add-on application is then manageable from the Cockpit Applications page by clicking Remove or Install.

What Do You Need?

The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.
For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.
Administrator privileges.
Names of the add-on application packages to install. For a list of package names, see Extend Cockpit's Functionality.

Steps

Follow these steps to install and manage Cockpit add-on applications in the web console.

Perform one of the following:
- Install new add-on Cockpit applications. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Terminal and then use the following command syntax to install add-on application packages:
```
sudo dnf install [packagename]
```
  For example, to install the cockpit-packagekit package, type:
```
sudo dnf install cockpit-packagekit
```
  Note:
  In some instances, the cockpit-packagekit add-on application might already be installed and available for use in the web console.
- Manage existing add-on applications in Cockpit. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Applications to manage all existing add-on applications. For example, on the Applications page, you can choose to perform any of the following tasks:
  - View the add-on application names already installed.
  - Click Remove to remove a selected application from Cockpit.
  - Click Install to re-install a selected application that was previously removed from Cockpit.