How To Install gnome-backgrounds-extras on CentOS 8

gnome-backgrounds-extras is Additional GNOME Backgrounds

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.