How To Install gnome-session-xsession on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-xsession on CentOS 8.
What is gnome-session-xsession
Desktop file to add GNOME to display manager session menu.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-session-xsession on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-session-xsession.
Install gnome-session-xsession 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-xsession using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-session-xsession
Install gnome-session-xsession 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-xsession using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-session-xsession
How To Uninstall gnome-session-xsession on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gnome-session-xsession package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-session-xsession
gnome-session-xsession Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/xsessions/com.redhat.Kiosk.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-custom-session.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-xorg.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-custom-session.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-xorg.desktop
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-session-xsession on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.