How To Install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer on CentOS 8

gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer is Screenshot window sizer for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer on CentOS 8.

What is gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer

This GNOME Shell extension allows to easily resize windows for GNOME Software screenshots.

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer 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-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer

Install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer 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-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer

gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.screenshot-window-sizer.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/screenshot-window-sizer@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/screenshot-window-sizer@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/screenshot-window-sizer@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/screenshot-window-sizer@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/stylesheet.css

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-screenshot-window-sizer on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.