How To Install xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 is Handles user special directories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xdg-user-dirs.x86_64`

Contains xdg-user-dirs-update that updates folders in a users homedirectory based on the defaults configured by the administrator.

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

Install xdg-user-dirs.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 xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xdg-user-dirs.x86_64

How To Uninstall xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xdg-user-dirs.x86_64

xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop
/etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf
/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults
/usr/bin/xdg-user-dir
/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update
/usr/share/doc/xdg-user-dirs-0.15
/usr/share/doc/xdg-user-dirs-0.15/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xdg-user-dirs-0.15/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xdg-user-dirs-0.15/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xdg-user-dirs-0.15/README
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xdg-user-dirs.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xdg-user-dir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xdg-user-dirs-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/user-dirs.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/user-dirs.defaults.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/user-dirs.dirs.5.gz

References

xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-user-dirs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.