How To Install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-settings-daemon is The daemon sharing settings from GNOME to GTK+/KDE applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gnome-settings-daemon`

A daemon to share settings from GNOME to other applications. It also handles global keybindings, as well as a number of desktop-wide settings.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-settings-daemon.

Install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-settings-daemon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-settings-daemon

Install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnome-settings-daemon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-settings-daemon

How To Uninstall gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-settings-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-settings-daemon

gnome-settings-daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.A11ySettings.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Account.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Clipboard.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Color.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Datetime.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Housekeeping.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Keyboard.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.MediaKeys.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Mouse.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.PrintNotifications.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Rfkill.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.ScreensaverProxy.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sharing.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Smartcard.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Sound.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Wacom.desktop
/etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XSettings.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/03f2057d6286987c20d08cd42c5f0135a2a114
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/04d3638a1e5aa3271c4d742758486d4beb910e
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/409994824ba48030b1d6190b9ae108775ef825
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/1c0f575b00c8cdfdce6d2ce1e63bc811fecbb8
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/913be5113d7a731be2b334143227ab21a3929c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/3a55c931f7a20f5a08f28e3af0292bd649b98a
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/7e82c5fb0a7ad84cef056f2dfd932db1ff973b
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/6996a1bbdd3351b5c3183b608042ab69d5d911
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/eb91462eaf5ccd9d55d9b3b289f87996dab1e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/efaceb43c2cff1c786b0ea02007dec6feb75bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/163778484178eae0d054d10a53630749aeb10d
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/baf2cecdcb78d0994d3492638ee47a2fbca4e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/7e3ca03aa2f22e705ae51188554e0c29f96cb1
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/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/25e7ecbfcf7914fc0ce3336bbeb4b93a6c50ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/ad41e2a202f695582757cf43a4730c6f1456ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/75ee56f4e8b9252309b5ab6ebac57c82944f07
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/9d61a3be251f36d80d8480fb47fb6f884aa1ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/2a861fa1b663bc88ec64a4e4690995a45e969c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/0a18b32dbdb2e8b9d10917413bbd92aa04b3a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/168a5abde0f46b99e498410be521d1d357d2c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/e7b4c87dc79d2f0fd26c91cc4c9f912eccca06
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/e2ef187522fb6a8fcdff219ba4ae6ac1539c0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/479a2175a49b6dc11099be4829a1cce9874276
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/080eada31bfeac502ecb19d59951fbfd6cc34a
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/ad316c81920ef4f4d618c5380561b7eb040db9
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gnome-settings-daemon-rfkill.rules
/usr/lib64/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0/libgsd.so
/usr/libexec/gsd-a11y-settings
/usr/libexec/gsd-account
/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper
/usr/libexec/gsd-clipboard
/usr/libexec/gsd-color
/usr/libexec/gsd-datetime
/usr/libexec/gsd-dummy
/usr/libexec/gsd-housekeeping
/usr/libexec/gsd-keyboard
/usr/libexec/gsd-locate-pointer
/usr/libexec/gsd-media-keys
/usr/libexec/gsd-mouse
/usr/libexec/gsd-power
/usr/libexec/gsd-print-notifications
/usr/libexec/gsd-printer
/usr/libexec/gsd-rfkill
/usr/libexec/gsd-screensaver-proxy
/usr/libexec/gsd-sharing
/usr/libexec/gsd-smartcard
/usr/libexec/gsd-sound
/usr/libexec/gsd-wacom
/usr/libexec/gsd-wacom-led-helper
/usr/libexec/gsd-wacom-oled-helper
/usr/libexec/gsd-xsettings
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gnome-settings-daemon.convert
/usr/share/doc/gnome-settings-daemon
/usr/share/doc/gnome-settings-daemon/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-settings-daemon/NEWS
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.wacom.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.account.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.housekeeping.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power.gschema.override
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.sharing.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon
/usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon/datetime
/usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon/datetime/backward
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-settings-daemon
/usr/share/licenses/gnome-settings-daemon/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
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/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-settings-daemon.mo
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.wacom.policy

References

gnome-settings-daemon website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-settings-daemon on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.