How To Install gnome-classic-session on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-classic-session on CentOS 8.
What is gnome-classic-session
This package contains the required components for the GNOME Shell “classic” mode, which aims to provide a GNOME 2-like user interface.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-classic-session on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-classic-session.
Install gnome-classic-session 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-classic-session using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-classic-session
Install gnome-classic-session 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-classic-session using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-classic-session
How To Uninstall gnome-classic-session on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gnome-classic-session package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-classic-session
gnome-classic-session Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/00_org.gnome.shell.extensions.classic.gschema.override
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-classic.session
/usr/share/gnome-shell/modes/classic.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/calendar-today.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-process-working.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-off-intl.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-off-us.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-on-intl.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/classic-toggle-on-us.svg
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-classic-high-contrast.css
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-classic.css
/usr/share/wayland-sessions/gnome-classic-wayland.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-classic.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-classic-session on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.