How To Install gnome-session-wayland-session on CentOS 8

gnome-session-wayland-session is Desktop file for wayland based gnome session

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-wayland-session on CentOS 8.

What is gnome-session-wayland-session

Desktop file to add GNOME on wayland to display manager session menu.

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

Install gnome-session-wayland-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-session-wayland-session using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-session-wayland-session

Install gnome-session-wayland-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-session-wayland-session using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-session-wayland-session

How To Uninstall gnome-session-wayland-session on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gnome-session-wayland-session package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-session-wayland-session

gnome-session-wayland-session Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/wayland-sessions/gnome.desktop

References

Summary

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