How To Install GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. GConf2.x86_64 is A process-transparent configuration system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `GConf2.x86_64`

GConf is a process-transparent configuration database API used to store user preferences. It has pluggable backends and features to support workgroup administration.

We can use yum to install GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GConf2.x86_64.

Install GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install GConf2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install GConf2.x86_64

How To Uninstall GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the GConf2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove GConf2.x86_64

GConf2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.conf
/etc/gconf
/etc/gconf/2
/etc/gconf/2/path
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system
/etc/gconf/schemas
/etc/rpm/macros.gconf2
/etc/xdg/autostart/gsettings-data-convert.desktop
/usr/bin/gconf-merge-tree
/usr/bin/gconftool-2
/usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert
/usr/lib64/GConf
/usr/lib64/GConf/2
/usr/lib64/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-oldxml.so
/usr/lib64/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgsettingsgconfbackend.so
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GConf-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgconf-2.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgconf-2.so.4.1.5
/usr/libexec/gconf-defaults-mechanism
/usr/libexec/gconfd-2
/usr/share/GConf
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.GConf.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.service
/usr/share/doc/GConf2-3.2.6
/usr/share/doc/GConf2-3.2.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/GConf2-3.2.6/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/GConf2-3.2.6/README
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gconftool-2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsettings-data-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsettings-schema-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gconf.defaults.policy
/usr/share/sgml
/usr/share/sgml/gconf
/usr/share/sgml/gconf/gconf-1.0.dtd
/var/lib/rpm-state
/var/lib/rpm-state/gconf

References

GConf2.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.