How To Install xfce4-about on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-about on CentOS 8.
What is xfce4-about
This package contains the ‘About Xfce’ dialog with info on the desktop environment, it’s contributors, and it’s licensing.
We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-about on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-about.
Install xfce4-about 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 xfce4-about using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfce4-about
Install xfce4-about 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 xfce4-about using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfce4-about
How To Uninstall xfce4-about on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xfce4-about package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfce4-about
xfce4-about Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xfce4-about
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/cc50629c14e1fdd911988d0a953d95ca5a4e52
/usr/share/applications/xfce4-about.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfce4-logo.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-about on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.