How To Install gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8.
What is gnome-backgrounds-extras
This package contains the additional desktop backgrounds which are packaged with the GNOME desktop.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-backgrounds-extras.
Install gnome-backgrounds-extras 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-extras using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-backgrounds-extras
Install gnome-backgrounds-extras 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-extras using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-backgrounds-extras
How To Uninstall gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gnome-backgrounds-extras package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-backgrounds-extras
gnome-backgrounds-extras Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/AndICallItBoke.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/ColdWarm.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Dark_Ivy.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Fabric.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Flowerbed.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Icescape.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Road.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Sandstone.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/SeaSunset.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Wood.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/endless-shapes.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/symbolics-1.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/symbolics-2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-extras
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-extras/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-extras/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-extras/README
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/gnome-backgrounds.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds-extras
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds-extras/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.