How To Install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedorainfinity-backgrounds in Fedora 36. fedorainfinity-backgrounds is Fedora Infinity desktop backgrounds

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36.

What is fedorainfinity-backgrounds

This package contains desktop backgrounds for the Fedora Infinity theme, which was the default theme for Fedora 8.

We can use yum or dnf to install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fedorainfinity-backgrounds.

Install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fedorainfinity-backgrounds using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fedorainfinity-backgrounds

Install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fedorainfinity-backgrounds using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fedorainfinity-backgrounds

How To Uninstall fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fedorainfinity-backgrounds package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fedorainfinity-backgrounds

fedorainfinity-backgrounds Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity
/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/1-infinity-sunrise.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/2-infinity-day.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/3-infinity-sunset.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/4-infinity-night.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/infinity/infinity.xml
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/desktop-backgrounds-infinity.xml
/usr/share/licenses/fedorainfinity-backgrounds
/usr/share/licenses/fedorainfinity-backgrounds/COPYING
/usr/share/mate-background-properties
/usr/share/mate-background-properties/desktop-backgrounds-infinity.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fedorainfinity-backgrounds on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).