How To Install metacity on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity on Rocky Linux 8. metacity is Unobtrusive window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `metacity`

Metacity is a window manager that integrates nicely with the GNOME desktop. It strives to be quiet, small, stable, get on with its job, and stay out of your attention.

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

Install metacity 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 metacity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metacity

Install metacity 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 metacity using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metacity

How To Uninstall metacity on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the metacity package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove metacity

metacity Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/metacity
/usr/bin/metacity-message
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/cfb8ef066c9f79f77a6f7ec1752d6817a9dbd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/d31c19361fcc04b6c0b3d429e86b50d248e8c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/382a4559aef58a27d854b53700560e08068dc4
/usr/lib64/libmetacity.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmetacity.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop
/usr/share/doc/metacity
/usr/share/doc/metacity/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/README
/usr/share/doc/metacity/metacity-theme.dtd
/usr/share/doc/metacity/rationales.txt
/usr/share/doc/metacity/theme-format.txt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.keybindings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.theme.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-navigation.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-system.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-windows.xml
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity-message.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity.1.gz
/usr/share/metacity
/usr/share/metacity/icons
/usr/share/metacity/icons/metacity-window-demo.png
/usr/bin/metacity
/usr/bin/metacity-message
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/d25e4bc5cb8800a7450bdb140cf28640c82a9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/ded2b7c37b35340a07c140f4cad2c96a027f20
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/7df3b42613be8303ef3faa3f90fbaf6b54619b
/usr/lib/libmetacity.so.1
/usr/lib/libmetacity.so.1.1.0
/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop
/usr/share/doc/metacity
/usr/share/doc/metacity/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/metacity/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/metacity/README
/usr/share/doc/metacity/metacity-theme.dtd
/usr/share/doc/metacity/rationales.txt
/usr/share/doc/metacity/theme-format.txt
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.keybindings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.metacity.theme.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-navigation.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-system.xml
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/keybindings/50-metacity-windows.xml
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ha/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ig/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/yo/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/metacity.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity-message.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/metacity.1.gz
/usr/share/metacity
/usr/share/metacity/icons
/usr/share/metacity/icons/metacity-window-demo.png

References

metacity website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.