How To Install xsettings-kde.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsettings-kde.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xsettings-kde.x86_64 is XSettings Daemon for KDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsettings-kde.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `xsettings-kde.x86_64`

This package provides a XSettings daemon for KDE Desktop Environment. It allows XSettings aware applications (all GTK+ 2 and GNOME 2 applications) to be informed instantly of changes in KDE configuration, such as theme name, default font and so on.

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

Install xsettings-kde.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 xsettings-kde.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xsettings-kde.x86_64

How To Uninstall xsettings-kde.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xsettings-kde.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xsettings-kde.x86_64

xsettings-kde.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/xsettings-kde
/usr/share/autostart/xsettings-kde.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xsettings-kde-0.12.3
/usr/share/doc/xsettings-kde-0.12.3/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xsettings-kde-0.12.3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xsettings-kde-0.12.3/README

References

xsettings-kde.x86_64 website

Summary

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