How To Install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber on CentOS 7.

What is plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber

This package contains the “Fade-In” boot splash plugin for Plymouth. It features a centered image that fades in and out while other images pulsate around during system boot up.

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

Install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber

Install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber 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 plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber

How To Uninstall plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber

References

• plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.