How To Install gnome-tweaks on CentOS 8

gnome-tweaks is Customize advanced GNOME 3 options

Introduction

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

What is `gnome-tweaks`

GNOME Tweaks allows adjusting advanced configuration settings in GNOME 3. This includes things like the fonts used in user interface elements, alternative user interface themes, changes in window management behavior, GNOME Shell appearance and extension, etc.

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

Install gnome-tweaks 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-tweaks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-tweaks

Install gnome-tweaks 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-tweaks using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-tweaks

How To Uninstall gnome-tweaks on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gnome-tweaks

gnome-tweaks Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gnome-tweaks
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__/app.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/gsettings.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/gshellwrapper.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/gtksettings.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweakmodel.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/__pycache__
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_desktop.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_font.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_keymouse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_power.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_shell_extensions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_sound.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_top_bar.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_windows.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_workspaces.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_xkb.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_wacom.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweakview.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/widgets.py
/usr/libexec/gnome-tweak-tool-lid-inhibitor
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.tweaks.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/README.md
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks/shell.css
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks/shell.ui
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.gnome.tweaks-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES/GPL-3.0
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.tweaks.appdata.xml

References

gnome-tweaks website

Summary

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