How To Install xfconf on CentOS 8
xfconf is Hierarchical configuration system for Xfce
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfconf on CentOS 8.
What is xfconf
Xfconf is a hierarchical (tree-like) configuration system where the immediate child nodes of the root are called “channels”. All settings beneath the channel nodes are called “properties.”
We can use yum or dnf to install xfconf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfconf.
Install xfconf 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 xfconf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xfconf
Install xfconf 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 xfconf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xfconf
How To Uninstall xfconf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xfconf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xfconf
xfconf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xfconf-query
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/eddee919bd1adbc494092264779ed3e00c174e
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/7870a0f9c913f66ca488aae163aba4e67e9922
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/e7bdc377797f5e7654e981950effd80ab77acb
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Xfconf-0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libxfconf-0.so.3
/usr/lib64/libxfconf-0.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/xfce4/xfconf
/usr/lib64/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Xfconf.service
/usr/share/doc/xfconf
/usr/share/doc/xfconf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfconf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfconf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xfconf/TODO
/usr/share/gir-1.0/Xfconf-0.gir
/usr/share/licenses/xfconf
/usr/share/licenses/xfconf/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfconf.mo
/usr/share/vala/vapi/libxfconf-0.deps
/usr/share/vala/vapi/libxfconf-0.vapi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfconf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.