How To Install gnome-screensaver on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screensaver on CentOS 7.
What is gnome-screensaver
gnome-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-screensaver on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-screensaver.
Install gnome-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 gnome-screensaver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnome-screensaver
Install gnome-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 gnome-screensaver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnome-screensaver
How To Uninstall gnome-screensaver on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gnome-screensaver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnome-screensaver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-screensaver on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
