How To Install xdg-desktop-portal on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal on Rocky Linux 8. xdg-desktop-portal is Portal frontend service to flatpak

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `xdg-desktop-portal`

xdg-desktop-portal works by exposing a series of D-Bus interfaces known as portals under a well-known name (org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop) and object path (/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop). The portal interfaces include APIs for file access, opening URIs, printing and others.

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

Install xdg-desktop-portal 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 xdg-desktop-portal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xdg-desktop-portal

Install xdg-desktop-portal 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 xdg-desktop-portal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdg-desktop-portal

How To Uninstall xdg-desktop-portal on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xdg-desktop-portal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xdg-desktop-portal

xdg-desktop-portal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/1afa78546128d390442ffb73e30eb5a4824b1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/eb47239b16500fe6d970de0d085917bc6887b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/397c88cc3b62f15e684c1a7c9589f25bd9e336
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-document-portal.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-permission-store.service
/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal
/usr/libexec/xdg-document-portal
/usr/libexec/xdg-permission-store
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Background.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.RemoteDesktop.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Request.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Session.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Wallpaper.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Account.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Background.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Camera.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Device.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Email.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.FileTransfer.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.GameMode.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Inhibit.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Location.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.MemoryMonitor.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.NetworkMonitor.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Notification.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Print.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.ProxyResolver.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Request.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Screenshot.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Secret.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Session.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Trash.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Wallpaper.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Documents.service
/usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal
/usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/README.md
/usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/xdg-desktop-portal/portal-docs.html
/usr/share/licenses/xdg-desktop-portal
/usr/share/licenses/xdg-desktop-portal/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-desktop-portal.mo
/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal
/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals

References

xdg-desktop-portal website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-desktop-portal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.