How To Install gnome-initial-setup on CentOS 8

gnome-initial-setup is Bootstrapping your OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup on CentOS 8.

What is `gnome-initial-setup`

GNOME Initial Setup is an alternative to firstboot, providing a good setup experience to welcome you to your system, and walks you through configuring it. It is integrated with gdm.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-initial-setup on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-initial-setup.

Install gnome-initial-setup 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-initial-setup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-initial-setup

Install gnome-initial-setup 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-initial-setup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-initial-setup

How To Uninstall gnome-initial-setup on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gnome-initial-setup package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-initial-setup

gnome-initial-setup Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-initial-setup-copy-worker.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-initial-setup-first-login.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-welcome-tour.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/c6506a7f7ca85c55d80581bd33ffd8c803875b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/c5d143010c8de1cd32318b1ac6cbe2ef99e8bf
/usr/libexec/gnome-initial-setup
/usr/libexec/gnome-initial-setup-copy-worker
/usr/libexec/gnome-welcome-tour
/usr/share/doc/gnome-initial-setup
/usr/share/doc/gnome-initial-setup/README
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/gnome-initial-setup.desktop
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/setup-shell.desktop
/usr/share/gnome-initial-setup
/usr/share/gnome-initial-setup/vendor.conf
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-initial-setup.session
/usr/share/gnome-shell/modes/initial-setup.json
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-initial-setup
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-initial-setup/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-initial-setup.mo
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/20-gnome-initial-setup.rules

References

gnome-initial-setup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-initial-setup on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.