How To Install xsettingsd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsettingsd on CentOS 8.
What is xsettingsd
xsettingsd is a daemon that implements the XSETTINGS specification. It is intended to be small, fast, and minimally dependent on other libraries. It can serve as an alternative to gnome-settings-daemon for users who are not using the GNOME desktop environment but who still run GTK+ applications and want to configure things such as themes, font anti-aliasing/hinting, and UI sound effects.
We can use yum or dnf to install xsettingsd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsettingsd.
Install xsettingsd 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 xsettingsd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xsettingsd
Install xsettingsd 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 xsettingsd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xsettingsd
How To Uninstall xsettingsd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xsettingsd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xsettingsd
xsettingsd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/dump_xsettings
/usr/bin/xsettingsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/bf20c66e6e39aadcb7b2dd3874b3e2f2ff4b4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/24047f05b12976e82c110266c363722ede05b8
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xsettingsd.service
/usr/share/doc/xsettingsd
/usr/share/doc/xsettingsd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xsettingsd
/usr/share/licenses/xsettingsd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dump_xsettings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xsettingsd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsettingsd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.