How To Install gnome-shell on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gnome-shell
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install gnome-shell
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-shell.
Install gnome-shell on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install gnome-shell
using dnf
by running the following command:
Install gnome-shell on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install gnome-shell
using yum
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall gnome-shell on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gnome-shell
package we can use the following command:
gnome-shell Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.