How To Install gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7.

What is gnome-monitor-config

A CLI configuration tool used for changing monitor settings in GNOME. This can be used in Wayland, with functionality similar to xrandr on X11.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-monitor-config.

Install gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gnome-monitor-config

Install gnome-monitor-config 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 gnome-monitor-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-monitor-config

How To Uninstall gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnome-monitor-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-monitor-config

References

• gnome-monitor-config website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-monitor-config on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.