How To Install gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8.
What is gnome-backgrounds
The gnome-backgrounds package contains the default desktop background, known as the Adwaita background, for the GNOME Desktop version
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-backgrounds.
Install gnome-backgrounds 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 gnome-backgrounds using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-backgrounds
Install gnome-backgrounds 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 gnome-backgrounds using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-backgrounds
How To Uninstall gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gnome-backgrounds package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-backgrounds
gnome-backgrounds Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-day.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-morning.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-night.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-timed.xml
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds/README
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/adwaita.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.