Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8.
What is chrome-gnome-shell
Browser extension for Google Chrome/Chromium, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera (and other Browser Extension, Chrome Extension or WebExtensions capable browsers) and native host messaging connector that provides integration with GNOME Shell and the corresponding extensions repository https
We can use yum or dnf to install chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install chrome-gnome-shell.
Install chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install chrome-gnome-shell using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install chrome-gnome-shell
Install chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install chrome-gnome-shell using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install chrome-gnome-shell
How To Uninstall chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the chrome-gnome-shell package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove chrome-gnome-shell
chrome-gnome-shell Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/chromium
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.chrome_gnome_shell.json
/etc/opt/chrome
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts
/etc/opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.chrome_gnome_shell.json
/usr/bin/chrome-gnome-shell
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/chrome_gnome_shell-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
/usr/lib64/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/org.gnome.chrome_gnome_shell.json
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.service
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.png
/usr/share/licenses/chrome-gnome-shell
/usr/share/licenses/chrome-gnome-shell/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chrome-gnome-shell on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
