How To Install libwnck3 on CentOS 8

libwnck3 is Window Navigator Construction Kit Window Navigator Construction Kit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck3 on CentOS 8.

What is `libwnck3`

libwnck (pronounced “libwink”) is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth. libwnck3 3.24.1 2.el8 x86_64 386 k libwnck3-3.24.1-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Window Navigator Construction Kit http LGPLv2+ libwnck (pronounced “libwink”) is used to implement pagers, tasklists, and other such things. It allows applications to monitor information about open windows, workspaces, their names/icons, and so forth.

We can use yum or dnf to install libwnck3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwnck3.

Install libwnck3 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 libwnck3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwnck3

Install libwnck3 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 libwnck3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwnck3

How To Uninstall libwnck3 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libwnck3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libwnck3

libwnck3 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/wnck-urgency-monitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/65e6ea657af14c24d7e91dd90770a515df2b1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/0b5d743715331596da39edb0da023686cf1952
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Wnck-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libwnck-3.so.0
/usr/lib/libwnck-3.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/bin/wnck-urgency-monitor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/408e87aedf3c79ae4d85e0ee6fb5afad051286
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/95274e88281689c5ea0fc388d566a17cbda807
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Wnck-3.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libwnck-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwnck-3.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libwnck3/README
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3
/usr/share/licenses/libwnck3/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/li/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libwnck-3.0.mo

References

[libwnck3 website](http://download.gnome.org/sources/libwnck/ http://download.gnome.org/sources/libwnck/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.