How To Install xbar on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbar on CentOS 8.
What is xbar
xbar is a tiny XCB status bar. An incredibly lightweight information bar, designed to print important real-time system metrics. Beyond foreground and background colors, xbar offers limited customization for a distraction-free user experience.
We can use yum or dnf to install xbar on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xbar.
Install xbar 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 xbar using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xbar
Install xbar 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 xbar using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xbar
How To Uninstall xbar on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xbar package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xbar
xbar Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xbar
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/a1b9127cbc8afb1ea99936b66a3498950857b2
/usr/share/doc/xbar
/usr/share/doc/xbar/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/xbar/README
/usr/share/licenses/xbar
/usr/share/licenses/xbar/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xbar on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.