How To Install xbg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xbg on Rocky Linux 8. xbg is Tiny XCB root window color setter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xbg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `xbg`

xbg is a tiny XCB root window color setter. It changes the root window background to a specified X11 color name.

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

Install xbg 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 xbg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xbg

Install xbg 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 xbg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xbg

How To Uninstall xbg on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xbg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xbg

xbg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xbg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/968d1ba3d2149d875d5c99b4e366b02c09069b
/usr/share/doc/xbg
/usr/share/doc/xbg/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/xbg/README
/usr/share/licenses/xbg
/usr/share/licenses/xbg/LICENSE

References

xbg website

Summary

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