How To Install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement is Native window placement for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement

This GNOME Shell extension provides additional configurability for the window layout in the overview, including a mechanism similar to KDE4.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement.

Install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement

Install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement

gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.native-window-placement.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/native-window-placement@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/native-window-placement@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/native-window-placement@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/native-window-placement@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/stylesheet.css

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.