How To Install xfdesktop on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfdesktop on Rocky Linux 8. xfdesktop is Desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment

Introduction

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

What is `xfdesktop`

This package includes a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

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

Install xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfdesktop

Install xfdesktop 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 xfdesktop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfdesktop

How To Uninstall xfdesktop on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xfdesktop

xfdesktop Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xfdesktop
/usr/bin/xfdesktop-settings
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/7474745d86c61d1e244c40256a43c713c604f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/37b2e5caab621b3e2c17ffecf5302cbfa082c9
/usr/share/applications/xfce-backdrop-settings.desktop
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-stripes.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-teal.jpg
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/README
/usr/share/doc/xfdesktop/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xfce4-backdrop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xfce4-menueditor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfce4-backdrop.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xfce4-menueditor.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xfce4-backdrop.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xfce4-menueditor.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xfdesktop
/usr/share/licenses/xfdesktop/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa_IR/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfdesktop.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xfdesktop.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon1.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon2.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon3.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4_xicon4.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfdesktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/xfdesktop/xfdesktop-fallback-icon.png

References

xfdesktop website

Summary

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