How To Install tuned-gtk on CentOS 8

tuned-gtk is GTK GUI for tuned

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned-gtk on CentOS 8.

What is `tuned-gtk`

GTK GUI that can control tuned and provides simple profile editor.

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

Install tuned-gtk 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 tuned-gtk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tuned-gtk

Install tuned-gtk 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 tuned-gtk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tuned-gtk

How To Uninstall tuned-gtk on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tuned-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tuned-gtk

tuned-gtk Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_plugin_loader.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_plugin_loader.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_deleter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_deleter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_loader.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_loader.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_saver.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/gui_profile_saver.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/managerException.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/managerException.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/tuned_dialog.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/__pycache__/tuned_dialog.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/gui_plugin_loader.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/gui_profile_deleter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/gui_profile_loader.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/gui_profile_saver.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/managerException.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tuned/gtk/tuned_dialog.py
/usr/sbin/tuned-gui
/usr/share/applications/tuned-gui.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/tuned.svg
/usr/share/tuned/ui
/usr/share/tuned/ui/tuned-gui.glade

References

tuned-gtk website

Summary

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