How To Install xfdashboard on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xfdashboard
Xfdashboard provides a GNOME shell dashboard like interface for use with Xfce desktop. It can be configured to run to any keyboard shortcut and when executed provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s app finder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xfdashboard
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfdashboard.
Install xfdashboard 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 xfdashboard
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfdashboard
Install xfdashboard 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 xfdashboard
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfdashboard
How To Uninstall xfdashboard on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xfdashboard
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfdashboard
xfdashboard Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/xdg/autostart/xfdashboard-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/xfdashboard
/usr/bin/xfdashboard-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/9c27b72958fb02732f34c5b04a55e2eb0a626f
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/0509550931dcb0ab067a950442f99c2337d185
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/b42a77a4a8cd2f615a770ce4f7a068f6dc2a88
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/486e0c45962f8434ea59cb2298d3878b6a1941
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/6da040e0c28e0070f01a7f889098912c378e70
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d5e19dce758b78882fcfea73484e4c4715b14f
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/31ed285e545d48bfe84217d35eb45e85ea3111
/usr/lib64/libxfdashboard.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxfdashboard.so.0.700.7
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/clock-view.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/gnome-shell-search-provider.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/hot-corner.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/middle-click-window-close.so
/usr/share/appdata/xfdashboard.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xfdashboard-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/xfdashboard.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/licenses/xfdashboard
/usr/share/licenses/xfdashboard/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/animations.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/effects.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/screenshot-xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/windows-view.png
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard-secondary.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.css
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.theme
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.xml
/usr/share/xfdashboard/bindings.xml
/usr/share/xfdashboard/preferences.ui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.