How To Install gnome-tweaks on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-tweaks on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-tweaks is Customize advanced GNOME 3 options

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-tweaks on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gnome-tweaks`

GNOME Tweaks allows adjusting advanced configuration settings in GNOME 3. This includes things like the fonts used in user interface elements, alternative user interface themes, changes in window management behavior, GNOME Shell appearance and extension, etc.

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

Install gnome-tweaks 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-tweaks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-tweaks

Install gnome-tweaks 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-tweaks using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-tweaks

How To Uninstall gnome-tweaks on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-tweaks package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-tweaks

gnome-tweaks Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gnome-tweaks
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-2.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_font.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_keymouse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_power.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_shell_extensions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_sound.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_top_bar.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_windows.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_workspaces.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_xkb.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_wacom.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/tweakview.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gtweak/widgets.py
/usr/libexec/gnome-tweak-tool-lid-inhibitor
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.tweaks.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-tweaks/README.md
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks/shell.css
/usr/share/gnome-tweaks/shell.ui
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.gnome.tweaks.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.gnome.tweaks-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES/CC0-1.0
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-tweaks/LICENSES/GPL-3.0
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
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/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-tweaks.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.gnome.tweaks.appdata.xml

References

gnome-tweaks website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-tweaks on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.