How To Install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nimbus-theme-gnome in Fedora 36. nimbus-theme-gnome is Desktop theme from Sun

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36.

What is nimbus-theme-gnome

The Nimbus theme pack for Gnome make use of Nimbus Metacity theme, Nimbus GTK2 theme and icon set. It originates from OpenSolaris by Sun.

We can use yum or dnf to install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nimbus-theme-gnome.

Install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nimbus-theme-gnome using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nimbus-theme-gnome

Install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nimbus-theme-gnome using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nimbus-theme-gnome

How To Uninstall nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nimbus-theme-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nimbus-theme-gnome

nimbus-theme-gnome Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/themes/dark-nimbus/index.theme
/usr/share/themes/light-nimbus/index.theme
/usr/share/themes/nimbus/index.theme

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nimbus-theme-gnome on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).