How To Install gnome-themes-extra on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-extra in Fedora 36. gnome-themes-extra is GNOME Extra Themes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-extra on Fedora 36.

What is `gnome-themes-extra`

This module houses themes and theme-y tidbits that don’t really fit in anywhere else, or deserve their own module. At the moment this consists of * The GTK+ 2 version of Adwaita * Adwaita-dark as a separate theme, along with its GTK+ 2 equivalent * GTK+ 2 versions of the HighContrast themes * The legacy HighContrast icon theme * Index files needed for Adwaita to be used outside of GNOME Once named gnome-themes-standard, this module used to contain various components of the default GNOME 3 theme. However, at this point, most it has moved elsewhere. The GTK+ 3 versions of the Adwaita and HighContrast themes are now part of GTK+ 3 itself, and the HighContrastInverse and LowConstrast themes have been discontinued. Not to be confused with gnome-themes-extras.

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

Install gnome-themes-extra 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 gnome-themes-extra using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-themes-extra

Install gnome-themes-extra 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 gnome-themes-extra using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-themes-extra

How To Uninstall gnome-themes-extra on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gnome-themes-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-themes-extra

gnome-themes-extra Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/gnome-themes-extra
/usr/share/doc/gnome-themes-extra/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-themes-extra/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-themes-extra
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-themes-extra/LICENSE
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita-dark/gtk-3.0
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita-dark/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
/usr/share/themes/HighContrast/gtk-3.0
/usr/share/themes/HighContrast/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

References

gnome-themes-extra website

Summary

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