How To Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on CentOS 7. gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search is Use PageUp and PageDown to search for previous GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on CentOS 7.

The GNOME Shell Run Command dialog (Alt-F2) and Looking Glass let you cycle through the history of previous commands with the arrow keys, but there’s currently no built-in way to search or do autocompletion for commands. With HistoryManager Prefix Search, you can type the beginning of a command, and then hit the PageUp and PageDown keys to cycle through previous commands which match the prefix you typed.

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search 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-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

Install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search 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-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-historymanager-prefix-search on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.