How To Install dconf on CentOS 8

dconf is A configuration system A configuration system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dconf on CentOS 8.

What is dconf

dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to the GSettings API in GLib. dconf 0.28.0 4.el8 x86_64 108 k dconf-0.28.0-4.el8.src.rpm appstream A configuration system http LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to the GSettings API in GLib.

We can use yum or dnf to install dconf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dconf.

Install dconf on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dconf

Install dconf on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dconf

How To Uninstall dconf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dconf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dconf

dconf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/dconf
/etc/dconf/db
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/local.d
/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/site.d
/etc/dconf/db/site.d/locks
/etc/dconf/profile
/etc/dconf/profile/user
/usr/bin/dconf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/7ca61c03db46ddc34ab0a9337b2009aeff9838
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/74d17cc611ddde2d792cea323e0ec56d889ee9
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/1e9c437acf621a507e6666eb2054c1f0a68910
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/54c1a4407f72d75bb8668482797612b0c1c25f
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
/usr/lib/libdconf.so.1
/usr/lib/libdconf.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/dconf-service
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dconf
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service
/usr/share/licenses/dconf
/usr/share/licenses/dconf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dconf.7.gz
/etc/dconf
/etc/dconf/db
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/local.d
/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/site.d
/etc/dconf/db/site.d/locks
/etc/dconf/profile
/etc/dconf/profile/user
/usr/bin/dconf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/c4e904ab80e7c840692a718331433ce1bc87d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/06b644a934fe9409e9f62996a9d27b9e0d0b9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/1ac54b64386add4f6c5041f67bc92f01441a4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/e8115d9ee63b556b3dc578b6bbe1bd93b15e5e
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
/usr/lib64/libdconf.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdconf.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/dconf-service
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dconf
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service
/usr/share/licenses/dconf
/usr/share/licenses/dconf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dconf.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dconf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.