How To Install gnome-sound-applet on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install gnome-control-center

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install gnome-control-center

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is gnome-sound-applet and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install gnome-sound-applet on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install gnome-sound-applet on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install gnome-sound-applet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-control-center

Install gnome-sound-applet on CentOS 8 using yum

Because gnome-sound-applet is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install gnome-sound-applet package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-control-center

How to upgrade (update) a single package gnome-sound-applet using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like gnome-sound-applet in this example you should use the following command:

yum update gnome-control-center

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade gnome-control-center

How to Upgrade gnome-sound-applet on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update gnome-control-center

How To remove gnome-sound-applet from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gnome-sound-applet package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-control-center

Extra info and code examples

This package contains configuration applets for the GNOME desktop, allowing to set accessibility configuration, desktop fonts, keyboard and mouse properties, sound setup, desktop theme and background, user interface properties, screen resolution, and other GNOME parameters. It also contains a front end to these applets, which can also be accessed with the GNOME panel or the Nautilus file manager.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install gnome-sound-applet using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the gnome-sound-applet from CentOS 8.

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