How To Install redhat-lsb-desktop on CentOS 8

redhat-lsb-desktop is LSB Desktop module support LSB Desktop module support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-lsb-desktop on CentOS 8.

What is `redhat-lsb-desktop`

The Linux Standard Base (LSB) Desktop Specifications define components that are required to be present on an LSB conforming system. redhat-lsb-desktop 4.1 47.el8 x86_64 26 k redhat-lsb-4.1-47.el8.src.rpm appstream LSB Desktop module support http GPLv2 The Linux Standard Base (LSB) Desktop Specifications define components that are required to be present on an LSB conforming system.

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

Install redhat-lsb-desktop 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 redhat-lsb-desktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install redhat-lsb-desktop

Install redhat-lsb-desktop 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 redhat-lsb-desktop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install redhat-lsb-desktop

How To Uninstall redhat-lsb-desktop on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the redhat-lsb-desktop package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove redhat-lsb-desktop

redhat-lsb-desktop Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/lsb-release.d/desktop-4.1-amd64
/etc/lsb-release.d/desktop-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-amd64
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-noarch
/etc/lsb-release.d/desktop-4.1-ia32
/etc/lsb-release.d/desktop-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/multimedia-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/modules/desktop/xml-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/desktop-misc-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/graphics-ext-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/toolkit-gtk-4.1-noarch
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-ia32
/usr/share/lsb/4.1/submodules/xml-4.1-noarch

References

[redhat-lsb-desktop website](http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install redhat-lsb-desktop on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.