How To Install xfdashboard on CentOS 8
xfdashboard is GNOME shell like dashboard for Xfce
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard on CentOS 8.
What is xfdashboard
Xfdashboard provides a GNOME shell dashboard like interface for use with Xfce desktop. It can be configured to run to any keyboard shortcut and when executed provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce’s app finder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install xfdashboard on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfdashboard.
Install xfdashboard 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 xfdashboard using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfdashboard
Install xfdashboard 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 xfdashboard using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfdashboard
How To Uninstall xfdashboard on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xfdashboard package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfdashboard
xfdashboard Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xdg/autostart/xfdashboard-autostart.desktop
/usr/bin/xfdashboard
/usr/bin/xfdashboard-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/9c27b72958fb02732f34c5b04a55e2eb0a626f
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/0509550931dcb0ab067a950442f99c2337d185
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/b42a77a4a8cd2f615a770ce4f7a068f6dc2a88
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/486e0c45962f8434ea59cb2298d3878b6a1941
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/6da040e0c28e0070f01a7f889098912c378e70
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/d5e19dce758b78882fcfea73484e4c4715b14f
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/31ed285e545d48bfe84217d35eb45e85ea3111
/usr/lib64/libxfdashboard.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxfdashboard.so.0.700.7
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/clock-view.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/gnome-shell-search-provider.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/hot-corner.so
/usr/lib64/xfdashboard/plugins/middle-click-window-close.so
/usr/share/appdata/xfdashboard.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xfdashboard-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/xfdashboard.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfdashboard/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/licenses/xfdashboard
/usr/share/licenses/xfdashboard/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/it_IT/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdashboard.mo
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/animations.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/effects.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/screenshot-xfdashboard.png
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/windows-view.png
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard-secondary.xml
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.css
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.theme
/usr/share/themes/xfdashboard/xfdashboard-1.0/xfdashboard.xml
/usr/share/xfdashboard/bindings.xml
/usr/share/xfdashboard/preferences.ui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdashboard on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.