How To Install kdeconnectd on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnectd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is kdeconnectd

KDE Connect service.

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

Install kdeconnectd 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 kdeconnectd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdeconnectd

Install kdeconnectd 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 kdeconnectd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdeconnectd

How To Uninstall kdeconnectd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kdeconnectd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kdeconnectd

kdeconnectd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/e3073969e68a1582e1dca925909250a478efd9
/usr/libexec/kdeconnectd
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect.service

References

• kdeconnectd website

Summary

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