Gnome-screensaver-preferences Command

Gnome-screensaver-preferences Command

gnome-screensaver-preferences

Screensaver and screen lock formerly used in GNOME

Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers



Section: gnome

Install gnome-screensaver-preferences

  • Debian apt-get install gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install gnome-screensaver Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install gnome-screensaver Click to copy

gnome-screensaver

Screensaver and screen lock formerly used in GNOME

gnome-screensaver is a simple screen saver and screen lock, used in older versions of the GNOME desktop environment. It is designed to support, among other things: * the ability to lock down configuration settings * translation into other languages * user switching This package is not necessary in the GNOME desktop environment, because GNOME Shell contains its own screen lock implementation. It is used by alternative desktop environments such as GNOME Flashback.

To install the latest version of gnome-screensaver-preferences in your favorite operating system just copy the gnome-screensaver-preferences installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of gnome-screensaver-preferences 2026 package in your OS.