How To Install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7.
What is cinnamon-screensaver
cinnamon-screensaver is a screen saver and locker.
We can use yum or dnf to install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cinnamon-screensaver.
Install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cinnamon-screensaver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cinnamon-screensaver
Install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7 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 cinnamon-screensaver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cinnamon-screensaver
How To Uninstall cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cinnamon-screensaver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cinnamon-screensaver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinnamon-screensaver on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.