How To Install xfce4-power-manager on CentOS 8
xfce4-power-manager is Power management for the Xfce desktop environment
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-power-manager on CentOS 8.
What is xfce4-power-manager
Xfce Power Manager uses the information and facilities provided by HAL to display icons and handle user callbacks in an interactive Xfce session. Xfce Power Preferences allows authorised users to set policy and change preferences.
We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-power-manager on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-power-manager.
Install xfce4-power-manager 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-power-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfce4-power-manager
Install xfce4-power-manager 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-power-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfce4-power-manager
How To Uninstall xfce4-power-manager on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xfce4-power-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfce4-power-manager
xfce4-power-manager Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xdg/autostart/xfce4-power-manager.desktop
/etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-power-manager.xml
/usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager
/usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/fd4a7d82f286ebffc2804c8dc4d629dd9ba967
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/f20848d73cc092618bc2f8893036cc8573bb58
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/a57ddb724e901f177f7d723752bdc3e59a5870
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/7a26f91ac96f3eb4d611335a16c09a47998a08
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/c40cd9be22e31ff3bbbb2901b5c899c040a4a7
/usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfce4powermanager.so
/usr/sbin/xfce4-pm-helper
/usr/sbin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper
/usr/share/applications/xfce4-power-manager-settings.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager/README
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-power-manager/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/ac-adapter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-caution-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-caution.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-empty-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-empty.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-full-charged.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-full-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-full.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-good-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-good.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-low-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-low.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/battery-missing.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/computer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/input-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/input-mouse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/multimedia-player.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/pda.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/phone.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/tablet.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/uninterruptible-power-supply.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/video-display.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/ac-adapter.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-caution-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-caution.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-empty-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-empty.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-full-charged.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-full-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-full.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-good-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-good.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-low-charging.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-low.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/battery-missing.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/computer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/display-brightness.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/input-keyboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/input-mouse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/keyboard-brightness.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/multimedia-player.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/pda.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/phone.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/tablet.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/uninterruptible-power-supply.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/status/video-display.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/ac-adapter-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/ac-adapter.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-caution-charging-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-caution-charging.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-caution-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-caution.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-empty-charging-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-empty-charging.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-empty-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-empty.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full-charged-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full-charged.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full-charging-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full-charging.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-full.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-good-charging-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-good-charging.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-good-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-good.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-low-charging-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-low-charging.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-low-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-low.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-missing-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/battery-missing.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/computer.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/display-brightness-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/display-brightness.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/keyboard-brightness.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/keyboard.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/mouse.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/multimedia-player.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/pda.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/phone.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/tablet.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/uninterruptible-power-supply.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/video-display.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/status/xfce4-power-manager-settings.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-power-manager
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-power-manager/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-power-manager.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xfce4-power-manager-settings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xfce4-power-manager.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/xfce4-power-manager.appdata.xml
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.xfce.power.policy
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/power-manager-plugin.desktop
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-power-manager on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
