How To Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search is Use PageUp and PageDown to search for previous GNOME Shell commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on Rocky Linux 8.

The GNOME Shell Run Command dialog (Alt-F2) and Looking Glass let you cycle through the history of previous commands with the arrow keys, but there’s currently no built-in way to search or do autocompletion for commands. With HistoryManager Prefix Search, you can type the beginning of a command, and then hit the PageUp and PageDown keys to cycle through previous commands which match the prefix you typed.

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search 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-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search 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-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search/README-fedora.md
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.historymanager-prefix-search.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/README-fedora.md
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/convenience.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/stylesheet.css
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs_CZ/LC_MESSAGES/historymanager-prefix-search.mo

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.