How To Install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8

adwaita-cursor-theme is Adwaita cursor theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8.

What is `adwaita-cursor-theme`

The adwaita-cursor-theme package contains a modern set of cursors originally designed for the GNOME desktop.

We can use yum or dnf to install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install adwaita-cursor-theme.

Install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install adwaita-cursor-theme using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install adwaita-cursor-theme

Install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install adwaita-cursor-theme using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install adwaita-cursor-theme

How To Uninstall adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the adwaita-cursor-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove adwaita-cursor-theme

adwaita-cursor-theme Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/icons/Adwaita
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/00008160000006810000408080010102
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/028006030e0e7ebffc7f7070c0600140
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/03b6e0fcb3499374a867c041f52298f0
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/1081e37283d90000800003c07f3ef6bf
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/14fef782d02440884392942c11205230
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/2870a09082c103050810ffdffffe0204
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/3085a0e285430894940527032f8b26df
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/3ecb610c1bf2410f44200f48c40d3599
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/4498f0e0c1937ffe01fd06f973665830
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/5c6cd98b3f3ebcb1f9c7f1c204630408
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/6407b0e94181790501fd1e167b474872
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/640fb0e74195791501fd1ed57b41487f
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/9081237383d90e509aa00f00170e968f
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/9d800788f1b08800ae810202380a0822
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/X_cursor
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/alias
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/all-scroll
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/bd_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/bottom_left_corner
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/bottom_right_corner
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/bottom_side
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/bottom_tee
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/c7088f0f3e6c8088236ef8e1e3e70000
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/cell
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/circle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/col-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/context-menu
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/copy
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/cross
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/cross_reverse
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/crossed_circle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/crosshair
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/d9ce0ab605698f320427677b458ad60b
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/default
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/diamond_cross
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-ask
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-copy
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-link
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-move
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-no-drop
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dnd-none
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dot_box_mask
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/dotbox
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/draft_large
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/draft_small
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/draped_box
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/e-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/e29285e634086352946a0e7090d73106
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ew-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/fcf1c3c7cd4491d801f1e1c78f100000
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/fd_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/fleur
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/grab
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/grabbing
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/h_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/hand
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/hand1
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/hand2
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/help
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/icon
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_ptr
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_ptr_help
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_ptr_watch
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_side
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/left_tee
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/link
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ll_angle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/lr_angle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/move
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/n-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ne-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/nesw-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/no-drop
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/not-allowed
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ns-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/nw-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/nwse-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/pencil
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/pirate
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/plus
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/pointer
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/pointer-move
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/progress
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/question_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/right_ptr
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/right_side
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/right_tee
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/row-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/s-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_down_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_left_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_right_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_up_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/se-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/size_all
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/size_bdiag
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/size_fdiag
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/size_hor
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/size_ver
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/sw-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/target
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/tcross
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/text
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/top_left_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/top_left_corner
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/top_right_corner
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/top_side
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/top_tee
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ul_angle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/ur_angle
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/v_double_arrow
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/vertical-text
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/w-resize
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/wait
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/watch
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/xterm
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/zoom-in
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors/zoom-out
/usr/share/licenses/adwaita-cursor-theme
/usr/share/licenses/adwaita-cursor-theme/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/adwaita-cursor-theme/COPYING_CCBYSA3
/usr/share/licenses/adwaita-cursor-theme/COPYING_LGPL

References

adwaita-cursor-theme website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-cursor-theme on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.