How To Install gnome-backgrounds on CentOS 8

gnome-backgrounds is Desktop backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop

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.