How To Install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin on CentOS 8

xfce4-screenshooter-plugin is Screenshot utility for the Xfce panel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin on CentOS 8.

What is xfce4-screenshooter-plugin

The Xfce Screenshooter plugin allows you to take screenshots from the Xfce panel.

We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin.

Install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 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-screenshooter-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin

Install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 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-screenshooter-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin

How To Uninstall xfce4-screenshooter-plugin on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xfce4-screenshooter-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xfce4-screenshooter-plugin

xfce4-screenshooter-plugin Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/67728050f98e42cce8d7b5b3d8893346966280
/usr/lib64/xfce4/panel/plugins/libscreenshooterplugin.so
/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/screenshooter.desktop

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-screenshooter-plugin on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.