How To Install nemo-preview on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo-preview on CentOS 7. nemo-preview is A quick previewer for Nemo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nemo-preview on CentOS 7.

What is nemo-preview

Nemo Preview is a GtkClutter and Javascript-based quick previewer for Nemo. It is capable of previewing documents, PDFs, sound and video files, some text files, and possibly others in the future. To activate the preview, left-click the file and hit space. The preview can be closed by hitting space again, or escape.

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

Install nemo-preview on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install nemo-preview

Install nemo-preview 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 nemo-preview using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nemo-preview

How To Uninstall nemo-preview on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nemo-preview package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nemo-preview

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Summary

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