How To Install sound-theme-freedesktop on CentOS 8

sound-theme-freedesktop is freedesktop.org sound theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-theme-freedesktop on CentOS 8.

What is `sound-theme-freedesktop`

The default freedesktop.org sound theme following the XDG theming specification. (http

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

Install sound-theme-freedesktop 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 sound-theme-freedesktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sound-theme-freedesktop

Install sound-theme-freedesktop 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 sound-theme-freedesktop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sound-theme-freedesktop

How To Uninstall sound-theme-freedesktop on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sound-theme-freedesktop package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sound-theme-freedesktop

sound-theme-freedesktop Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/sound-theme-freedesktop
/usr/share/doc/sound-theme-freedesktop/README
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/index.theme
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/alarm-clock-elapsed.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-front-center.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-front-left.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-front-right.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-rear-center.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-rear-left.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-rear-right.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-side-left.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-channel-side-right.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-test-signal.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/audio-volume-change.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/bell.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/camera-shutter.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/complete.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/device-added.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/device-removed.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/dialog-error.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/dialog-information.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/dialog-warning.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/message-new-instant.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/message.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/network-connectivity-established.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/network-connectivity-lost.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/phone-incoming-call.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/phone-outgoing-busy.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/phone-outgoing-calling.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/power-plug.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/power-unplug.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/screen-capture.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/service-login.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/service-logout.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/suspend-error.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/trash-empty.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/window-attention.oga
/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/window-question.oga

References

sound-theme-freedesktop website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sound-theme-freedesktop on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.