How To Install sddm-breeze on CentOS 8

sddm-breeze is SDDM breeze theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm-breeze on CentOS 8.

What is sddm-breeze

SDDM breeze theme.

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

Install sddm-breeze 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 sddm-breeze using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sddm-breeze

Install sddm-breeze 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 sddm-breeze using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sddm-breeze

How To Uninstall sddm-breeze on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sddm-breeze package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sddm-breeze

sddm-breeze Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/Background.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/BreezeMenuStyle.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/KeyboardButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/Login.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/Main.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/SessionButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/ActionButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/Battery.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/Clock.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/KeyboardLayoutButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/UserDelegate.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/UserList.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/VirtualKeyboard.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/WallpaperFader.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/artwork
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/artwork/background.png
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/artwork/logout_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/artwork/restart_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/components/artwork/shutdown_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/default-logo.svg
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/faces
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/faces/.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/preview.png
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/theme.conf
/usr/share/sddm/themes/01-breeze-fedora/theme.conf.user
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/Background.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/BreezeMenuStyle.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/KeyboardButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/Login.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/Main.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/SessionButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/ActionButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/Battery.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/Clock.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/KeyboardLayoutButton.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/SessionManagementScreen.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/UserDelegate.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/UserList.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/VirtualKeyboard.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/WallpaperFader.qml
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/logout_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/restart_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/components/artwork/shutdown_primary.svgz
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/default-logo.svg
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/faces
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/faces/.face.icon
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/preview.png
/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze/theme.conf

References

Summary

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