How To Install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator on CentOS 8

gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator is Support for keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in GNOME Shell

Introduction

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

What is gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator

This GNOME Shell extension enables keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in overlay mode, by pressing the Alt and Ctrl key respectively.

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator 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-windowsNavigator using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator

Install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator 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-windowsNavigator using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator

gnome-shell-extension-windowsNavigator Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/stylesheet.css

References

Summary

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