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gnome-backgrounds


Information about the package, gnome-backgrounds, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-backgrounds package is designed for, Desktop backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop.


Package Name:

gnome-backgrounds

Summary:

Desktop backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop

Description:

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

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

2.28.0

Release:

2.el6

Size:

9.3 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for gnome-backgrounds


Control the gnome-backgrounds package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gnome-backgrounds

This command will install gnome-backgrounds on the server.

yum remove gnome-backgrounds

This command will un-install gnome-backgrounds on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-backgrounds, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gnome-backgrounds

This command will un-install gnome-backgrounds on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gnome-backgrounds when using the -y flag.

yum update gnome-backgrounds

This command will update gnome-backgrounds to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-backgrounds, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gnome-backgrounds

This command will update gnome-backgrounds to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gnome-backgrounds when using the -y flag.

yum info gnome-backgrounds

This command will show you core information about the gnome-backgrounds package.

yum deplist gnome-backgrounds

This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-backgrounds. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update gnome-backgrounds

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-backgrounds. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.