How To Install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7. gtk2-engines is Theme engines for GTK+ 2.0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7.

What is gtk2-engines

The gtk2-engines package contains shared objects and configuration files that implement a number of GTK+ theme engines. Theme engines provide different looks for GTK+, some of which resemble other toolkits or operating systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtk2-engines.

Install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gtk2-engines using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtk2-engines

Install gtk2-engines 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 gtk2-engines using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtk2-engines

How To Uninstall gtk2-engines on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gtk2-engines package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gtk2-engines

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.