How To Install xscreensaver-extras-base on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-extras-base on CentOS 8.
What is xscreensaver-extras-base
This package contains common files to make screensaver hacks work for XScreenSaver.
We can use yum or dnf to install xscreensaver-extras-base on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xscreensaver-extras-base.
Install xscreensaver-extras-base 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 xscreensaver-extras-base using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xscreensaver-extras-base
Install xscreensaver-extras-base 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 xscreensaver-extras-base using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xscreensaver-extras-base
How To Uninstall xscreensaver-extras-base on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xscreensaver-extras-base package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xscreensaver-extras-base
xscreensaver-extras-base Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-file
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-getimage-video
/usr/bin/xscreensaver-text
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/d462962a7be41a84f80b7b227fcaf211f5dd8a
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage-file.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage-video.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-getimage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xscreensaver-text.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-extras-base on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.