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How to install official desktop background wallpapers in Fedora

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Wallpapers are classy for enhancing the user experience of any operating system. In the case of Fedora, one of its eye-catching features is the wallpapers that ship with it. Every Fedora release has its own set of wallpaper, and these are some of the most awaited components of any of its releases by Fedora users.

Besides creating a new default wallpaper for every release, the Fedora teams have created a repo containing a set of different supplemental wallpapers for each release. These additional wallpapers are not by default installed on Fedora but can easily be set up from the Fedora repositories, which will be covered extensively in this article.

If you have just installed a fresh setup of Fedora, and want to enhance your choices for your desktop wallpaper, then the Fedora wallpapers are worth giving a shot.

In this discussion, we will list the previous and present wallpapers available in the Fedora repositories and the approaches you can implement to have each on your current Fedora installation.

With that said, let’s get started.

Fedora official wallpapers

As earlier said, Fedora releases wallpaper packs for all the supported desktop environments. However, this does not limit you from installing wallpaper from a different release. For instance, if you are running Fedora 36, you can enjoy wallpapers from releases like Fedora 32, 35, and so on.

Now let’s see how we can identify a desktop environment. To do this, launch your terminal using the “Ctrl+Alt+T” keyboard shortcuts and then issue the following command:

echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
check desktop version

Check desktop version

The command above will print the name of the desktop environment running on your system; in our case, we are currently running on the GNOME desktop environment.

How to identify and install Fedora official wallpaper packages

The wallpapers are precisely available from the official Fedora repos. The package name of the official wallpapers contains a particular pattern that follows the following syntax:

sudo dnf install f<fedora_version>-backgrounds-<desktop_environment>

For instance, to install the package name for the official Fedora wallpapers for Fedora 36 running on the GNOME desktop:

sudo dnf install f36-backgrounds-gnome

Additionally, the already mentioned additional wallpapers come with every Fedora release. These supplement backgrounds are selected from the community, driven by the Fedora official’s guidelines.

The supplement wallpapers also have an akin pattern to the package name. Its syntax is as follows:

sudo dnf install f<fedora_version>-backgrounds-extras-<desktop_environment>

For example, the GNOME desktop for Fedora 36 supplemental background package will have the following package command name:

sudo dnf install f36-backgrounds-extras-gnome

How to install the official wallpaper packages

Have you decided on the package name for your preferred wallpapers? If yes, launch your terminal and install the package right away. Fedora supports both YUM and DNF. YUM is a package manager that sets up, updates, and removes packages on RPM-based systems. The software automatically computes dependencies and determines what should occur to install packages. On the other side, dandified YUM(DNF) is the next-generation version of the Yellowdog updated, modified (YUM). Thankfully, both share similar installation procedures for a new package.

Installing official wallpaper packages using YUM

In this instance, let us grab Fedora 36 official wallpapers for the GNOME desktop, along with the extras.

sudo yum install f36-backgrounds-gnome f36-backgrounds-extras-gnome
install packages using yum

Install packages using yum

Let us see how we can do the same using the DNF package manager.

How to install official wallpaper packages using DNF

To attain this, you will run the following DNF command to set up the Fedora wallpaper version 36 for the GNOME desktop with the extras.

sudo dnf install f32-backgrounds-gnome f32-backgrounds-extras-gnome
install packages using dnf

install packages using DNF

Changing Backgrounds

Now that the backgrounds are set up, it is time to divert our focus and see how we can change the backgrounds to new ones. This section will demonstrate how to change the backgrounds for the GNOME, MATE, Xfce, and Cinnamon desktop environments.

How to change backgrounds on GNOME

To achieve this, right-click on the desktop and select “Change Background.”

click on "change background"

Click on “change background.”

Alternatively, there is this option where you can click on “Activities” and use the search bar to search for “settings,” as shown in the snapshot below:

click on settings

Click on settings

After that, navigate to the “Appearance” section as shown below:

click on background

Click on background

Now let’s see the KDE plasma

How to change backgrounds on the KDE Plasma desktop environment

Right-click on a blank space in the desktop background, and select “Configure Desktop and Wallpaper.” On the flip side, use the keyboard shortcut “Alt+D, Alt+S.”

KDE plasma

KDE plasma

Let us also see how we can change the background on Cinnamon.

How to change the background on Cinnamon

On the cinnamon desktop, right-click and select “Change Desktop Background.”

cinnamon

cinnamon

Alternatively, you can also look for “background” in the search menu as shown below:

search for background

Search for background

Backgrounds:

backgrounds

backgrounds

Now let’s check out the same on MATE

How to change the background on MATE

On your MATE desktop, right-click on any space and select “Change Desktop Background,” as shown in the snapshot below:

Select "Change desktop background"

Select “Change desktop background.”

On the contrary, you can use the “Application Finder” to launch “Appearance.” as shown below:

Appearance preference

Appearance preference

Let us turn our focus and further look at how to install more wallpaper packs on our Fedora machine.

How to install more wallpaper packs on Fedora workstation

Since every Fedora release ships with extra supplements, here is how to install some of them on your current Fedora install. After installing your desired pack, these supplemental packs will also show up in the wallpapers tab in the background chooser in the settings.

Fedora 35 wallpapers

To install the Fedora 35 default wallpaper, execute the following command:

sudo dnf install f35-backgrounds-gnome
f35

f35

To install the Fedora 35 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f35-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f35 extras

f35 extras

Fedora 34 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 34 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f34-backgrounds-gnome
f34

f34

To install Fedora 34 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command on your terminal:

sudo dnf install f34-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f34 extras

f34 extras

Fedora 33 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 33 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f33-backgrounds-gnome
f33

f33

To install Fedora 33 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f33-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f33 extras

f33 extras

Fedora 32 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 32 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f32-backgrounds-gnome
f32

f32

To install Fedora 32 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f32-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f32extras

f32extras

Fedora 31 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 31 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f31-backgrounds-gnome
f31

f31

To install Fedora 31 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f31-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f31 extras

f31 extras

Fedora 30 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 30 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f30-backgrounds-gnome
f30

f30

To install Fedora 30 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f30-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f30 extras

f30 extras

Fedora 29 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 29 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f29-backgrounds-gnome
f29

f29

To install Fedora 29 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f29-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f29 extras

f29 extras

Fedora 28 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 28 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f28-backgrounds-gnome
f28

f28

To install Fedora 28 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f28-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f28 extras

f28 extras

Fedora 27 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 27 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f27-backgrounds-gnome
f27

f27

To install Fedora 27 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f27-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f27 extras

f27 extras

Fedora 26 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 26 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f26-backgrounds-gnome
f26

f26

To install Fedora 26 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f26-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f26 extras

f26 extras

Fedora 25 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 25 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f25-backgrounds-gnome
f25

f25

To install Fedora 25 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f25-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f25 extras

f25 extras

Fedora 24 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 24 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f24-backgrounds-gnome
f24

f24

To install Fedora 24 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f24-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f24 extras

f24 extras

Fedora 23 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 23 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f23-backgrounds-gnome
f23

f23

To install Fedora 23 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f23-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f23 extras

f23 extras

Fedora 22 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 22 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f22-backgrounds-gnome
f22

f22

To install Fedora 22 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f22-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f22 extras

f22 extras

Fedora 21 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 21 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install f21-backgrounds-gnome
f21

f21

To install Fedora 21 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install f21-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f21 extra

f21 extras

Fedora 20 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 20 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install heisenbug-backgrounds-gnome
f20

f20

To install Fedora 20 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install heisenbug-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f20 extras

f20 extras

Fedora 19 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 19 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install schroedinger-cat-backgrounds-gnome
f19

f19

To install Fedora 19 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install schroedinger-cat-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f19 extras

f19 extras

Fedora 18 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 18 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install spherical-cow-backgrounds-gnome
f18

f18

To install Fedora 18 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install spherical-cow-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f18 extra

f18 extras

Fedora 17 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 17 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install beefy-miracle-backgrounds-gnome
f17

f17

Fedora 16 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 16 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install verne-backgrounds-gnome
f16

f16

To install Fedora 16 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install verne-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f16 extras

f16 extras

Fedora 15 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 15 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install lovelock-backgrounds-stripes-gnome
f15

f15

To install Fedora 15 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install lovelock-backgrounds-gnome
f15 extras

f15 extras

Fedora 14 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 14 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install laughlin-backgrounds-gnome
f14

f14

To install Fedora 14 supplemental wallpapers, run the following command:

sudo dnf install laughlin-backgrounds-extras-gnome
f14 extras

f14 extras

Fedora 13 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 13 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install goddard-backgrounds-gnome
f13

f13

Fedora 12 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 12 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install constantine-backgrounds
f12

f12

Fedora 11 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 11 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install leonidas-backgrounds-lion
f11

f11

Fedora 10 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 10 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install solar-backgrounds
f10

f10

Fedora 9 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 9 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install desktop-backgrounds-waves
f9

f9

Fedora 8 Wallpapers

Run the following command to install Fedora 8 default wallpaper:

sudo dnf install fedorainfinity-backgrounds
f8

f8

Here is a section of our background wallpapers since there are so many that the snapshot could not pick all of them:

section of installed wallpapers

Section of installed wallpapers

Wrapping up!

And there it is! This guide has explicitly demonstrated how to personalize Fedora for a better user experience. Learn What is new in Fedora 36; Otherwise, thanks for sticking around, and keep following FOSSLinux for more.

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1 comment

John Blackwood September 13, 2017 - 5:17 PM

Very nice; however, this does not work on Fedora XFCE Workstation. Step 6 above is Gnome(?) and not XFCE!

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