How To Install imsettings-gsettings on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on Rocky Linux 8. imsettings-gsettings is GSettings support on imsettings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `imsettings-gsettings`

IMSettings is a framework that delivers Input Method settings and applies the changes so they take effect immediately without any need to restart applications or the desktop. This package contains a module to get this working on GNOME and Cinnamon which requires GSettings in their own XSETTINGS daemons.

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

Install imsettings-gsettings 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 imsettings-gsettings using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imsettings-gsettings

Install imsettings-gsettings 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 imsettings-gsettings using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imsettings-gsettings

How To Uninstall imsettings-gsettings on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the imsettings-gsettings package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imsettings-gsettings

imsettings-gsettings Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/c524b6b8f969b4664fe2a43b228c4da51a3189
/usr/lib64/imsettings/libimsettings-gsettings.so
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-gsettings
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-gsettings/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-gsettings/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-gsettings/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings-gsettings/README
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings-gsettings
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings-gsettings/COPYING

References

imsettings-gsettings website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.