How To Install desktop-backgrounds-compat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-backgrounds-compat on CentOS 8.
What is desktop-backgrounds-compat
The desktop-backgrounds-compat package contains file-names used by less common Desktop Environments such as LXDE to set up the default wallpaper.
We can use yum or dnf to install desktop-backgrounds-compat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install desktop-backgrounds-compat.
Install desktop-backgrounds-compat 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 desktop-backgrounds-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install desktop-backgrounds-compat
Install desktop-backgrounds-compat 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 desktop-backgrounds-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install desktop-backgrounds-compat
How To Uninstall desktop-backgrounds-compat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the desktop-backgrounds-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove desktop-backgrounds-compat
desktop-backgrounds-compat Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/backgrounds/default.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/images
/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default-16_10.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default-16_9.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default-5_4.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/images/default.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-backgrounds-compat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.