How To Install xscreensaver-extras-base on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-extras-base
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xscreensaver-extras-base
This package contains common files to make screensaver hacks work for XScreenSaver.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xscreensaver-extras-base
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xscreensaver-extras-base.
Install xscreensaver-extras-base 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 xscreensaver-extras-base
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xscreensaver-extras-base
Install xscreensaver-extras-base 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 xscreensaver-extras-base
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xscreensaver-extras-base
How To Uninstall xscreensaver-extras-base on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xscreensaver-extras-base
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xscreensaver-extras-base
xscreensaver-extras-base Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-file
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-video
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-text
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/d462962a7be41a84f80b7b227fcaf211f5dd8a
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage-file.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage-video.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-text.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-extras-base
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.