How To Install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons is Show app icons on top of the windows thumbnails in Activities Overview

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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-windowoverlay-icons using dnf by running the following command:

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

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

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

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons on Rocky Linux 8

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

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

gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons/README-fedora.md
/usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.windowoverlay-icons.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/README-fedora.md
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/convenience.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/metadata.json
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/stylesheet.css
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/windowoverlay-icons.mo

References

Summary

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