How To Install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-classic-session is GNOME “classic” mode session

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gnome-classic-session

This package contains the required components for the GNOME Shell “classic” mode, which aims to provide a GNOME 2-like user interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-classic-session.

Install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-classic-session using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-classic-session

Install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-classic-session using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-classic-session

How To Uninstall gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-classic-session package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-classic-session

gnome-classic-session Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/00_org.gnome.shell.extensions.classic.gschema.override
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-classic.session
/usr/share/gnome-shell/modes/classic.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/calendar-today.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-process-working.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-off-intl.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-off-us.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-on-intl.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-on-us.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-classic-high-contrast.css
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-classic.css
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/gnome-classic-wayland.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-classic.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-classic-session on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.