How To Install redshift-gtk on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redshift-gtk on CentOS 8.
What is redshift-gtk
This package provides GTK integration for Redshift, a screen color temperature adjustment program.
We can use yum or dnf to install redshift-gtk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install redshift-gtk.
Install redshift-gtk 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 redshift-gtk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install redshift-gtk
Install redshift-gtk 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 redshift-gtk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install redshift-gtk
How To Uninstall redshift-gtk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the redshift-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove redshift-gtk
redshift-gtk Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/redshift-gtk
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/controller.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/controller.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/defs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/defs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/statusicon.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/statusicon.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/controller.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/defs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/statusicon.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redshift_gtk/utils.py
/usr/lib/systemd/user/redshift-gtk.service
/usr/share/appdata/redshift-gtk.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/redshift-gtk.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift-status-off.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift-status-on.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/redshift.svg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redshift-gtk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.