How To Install gdm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gdm.x86_64 is The GNOME Display Manager

Introduction

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

What is `gdm.x86_64`

GDM, the GNOME Display Manager, handles authentication-related backend functionality for logging in a user and unlocking the user’s session after it’s been locked. GDM also provides functionality for initiating user-switching, so more than one user can be logged in at the same time. It handles graphical session registration with the system for both local and remote sessions (in the latter case, via the XDMCP protocol). In cases where the session doesn’t provide it’s own display server, GDM can start the display server on behalf of the session.

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

Install gdm.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 gdm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdm.x86_64

How To Uninstall gdm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gdm.x86_64

gdm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/gdm.conf
/etc/dconf/db/gdm.d
/etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/locks
/etc/gdm
/etc/gdm/Init
/etc/gdm/Init/Default
/etc/gdm/PostLogin
/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample
/etc/gdm/PostSession
/etc/gdm/PostSession/Default
/etc/gdm/PreSession
/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default
/etc/gdm/Xsession
/etc/gdm/custom.conf
/etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin
/etc/pam.d/gdm-fingerprint
/etc/pam.d/gdm-launch-environment
/etc/pam.d/gdm-password
/etc/pam.d/gdm-pin
/etc/pam.d/gdm-smartcard
/run/gdm
/usr/bin/gdm-screenshot
/usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gdm-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgdm.so
/usr/lib64/libgdm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgdm.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/security/pam_gdm.so
/usr/libexec/gdm-host-chooser
/usr/libexec/gdm-session-worker
/usr/libexec/gdm-simple-chooser
/usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session
/usr/libexec/gdm-x-session
/usr/sbin/gdm
/usr/share/dconf
/usr/share/dconf/profile
/usr/share/dconf/profile/gdm
/usr/share/doc/gdm-3.28.2
/usr/share/doc/gdm-3.28.2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gdm-3.28.2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gdm-3.28.2/README
/usr/share/gdm/gdb-cmd
/usr/share/gdm/gdm.schemas
/usr/share/gdm/greeter
/usr/share/gdm/greeter-dconf-defaults
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/mime-dummy-handler.desktop
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/mimeapps.list
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart
/usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/orca-autostart.desktop
/usr/share/gdm/locale.alias
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gdm-xnest.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gdm-setup.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gdm-xnest.png
/usr/share/licenses/gdm-3.28.2
/usr/share/licenses/gdm-3.28.2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/csb/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gv/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kab/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz@cyrillic/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/gdm.mo
/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm-foot-logo.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm-setup.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm-xnest.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/nobody.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/nohost.png
/var/cache/gdm
/var/lib/gdm
/var/log/gdm

References

gdm.x86_64 website

Summary

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