How To Install f34-backgrounds-xfce on CentOS 8

f34-backgrounds-xfce is Fedora 34 default background for XFCE4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install f34-backgrounds-xfce on CentOS 8.

What is f34-backgrounds-xfce

This package contains XFCE4 desktop background for the Fedora 34 default theme.

We can use yum or dnf to install f34-backgrounds-xfce on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install f34-backgrounds-xfce.

Install f34-backgrounds-xfce 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 f34-backgrounds-xfce using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install f34-backgrounds-xfce

Install f34-backgrounds-xfce 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 f34-backgrounds-xfce using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install f34-backgrounds-xfce

How To Uninstall f34-backgrounds-xfce on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the f34-backgrounds-xfce package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove f34-backgrounds-xfce

f34-backgrounds-xfce Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/xfce4
/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops
/usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/f34.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install f34-backgrounds-xfce on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.