How To Install flameshot on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flameshot on CentOS 8.
What is flameshot
Powerful and simple to use screenshot software with built-in editor with advanced features.
We can use yum or dnf to install flameshot on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flameshot.
Install flameshot 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 flameshot using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install flameshot
Install flameshot 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 flameshot using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install flameshot
How To Uninstall flameshot on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the flameshot package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove flameshot
flameshot Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/flameshot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/a13f3a75e6785584d40b5a66a5a24fd28db2a7
/usr/share/applications/flameshot.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/flameshot
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.dharkael.Flameshot.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.dharkael.Flameshot.service
/usr/share/doc/flameshot
/usr/share/doc/flameshot/README.md
/usr/share/flameshot
/usr/share/flameshot/translations
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_ca.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_es.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_fr.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_ka.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_pl.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_ru.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_tr.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_zh_CN.qm
/usr/share/flameshot/translations/Internationalization_zh_TW.qm
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/flameshot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/flameshot.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/flameshot.svg
/usr/share/licenses/flameshot
/usr/share/licenses/flameshot/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/flameshot/flameshotLogoLicense.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/flameshot.appdata.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flameshot on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.