How To Install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8. centos-backgrounds is CentOS-related desktop backgrounds

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8.

What is centos-backgrounds

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

Install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install centos-backgrounds using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centos-backgrounds

Install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install centos-backgrounds using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centos-backgrounds

How To Uninstall centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the centos-backgrounds package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove centos-backgrounds

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centos-backgrounds on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.