How To Install gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. gnome-backgrounds.noarch is Desktop backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is gnome-backgrounds.noarch

The gnome-backgrounds package contains images and tiles to use for your desktop background which are packaged with the GNOME desktop.

We can use yum to install gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-backgrounds.noarch.

Install gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-backgrounds.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-backgrounds.noarch

How To Uninstall gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gnome-backgrounds.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gnome-backgrounds.noarch

gnome-backgrounds.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/AndICallItBoke.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/ColdWarm.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Dark_Ivy.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Fabric.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Flowerbed.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Icescape.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Road.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Sandstone.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/SeaSunset.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Wood.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-day.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-morning.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-night.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/adwaita-timed.xml
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/endless-shapes.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/symbolics-1.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/symbolics-2.jpg
/usr/share/backgrounds/images
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0/README
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/adwaita.xml
/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/gnome-backgrounds.xml
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-backgrounds-3.28.0/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-backgrounds.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.