How To Install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on CentOS 7. gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons is Show app icons on top of the windows thumbnails in Activities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on CentOS 7.

What is gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons

Sometimes when you have many open windows, especially if they all contain a lot of text, the windows all start to look the same in the Activities Overview. WindowOverlay Icons adds the application icon to every window thumbnail, making it easier to tell them apart.

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

Install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons 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-windowoverlay-icons using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons

Install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons 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-windowoverlay-icons using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons

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Summary

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