How To Install GConf2 on Fedora 34

GConf2 is A process-transparent configuration system A process-transparent configuration system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2 on Fedora 34.

What is `GConf2`

GConf is a process-transparent configuration database API used to store user preferences. It has pluggable backends and features to support workgroup administration. GConf2 3.2.6 30.fc34 x86_64 1.0 M GConf2-3.2.6-30.fc34.src.rpm fedora A process-transparent configuration system http LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ GConf is a process-transparent configuration database API used to store user preferences. It has pluggable backends and features to support workgroup administration.

We can use yum or dnf to install GConf2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GConf2.

Install GConf2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install GConf2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install GConf2

Install GConf2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install GConf2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install GConf2

How To Uninstall GConf2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the GConf2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove GConf2

GConf2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.conf
/etc/gconf
/etc/gconf/2
/etc/gconf/2/path
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system
/etc/gconf/schemas
/etc/xdg/autostart/gsettings-data-convert.desktop
/usr/bin/gconf-merge-tree
/usr/bin/gconftool-2
/usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/4ea8462aa7210160acc4d5b65881035fbb5ee3
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/71ae501c58d235ecb6c494576c64314ed90fc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/a1715633714c973ab9a01adf10a49f67621a91
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/3d049fe275f81bdea69292f7f7cf4755d6c89e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/a1dea414b1de4474daf9f76a80518a7f34a622
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/41604e84cf75a0f725534390fa5f7bf5b21093
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/22c9344d4a155037ecdee53f06794a3a96e025
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/5d351b4aa1e058d45fee08b1749c5582b0b9ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/fbeaef1ecced7d393089cd20d5c84751b02229
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.gconf2
/usr/lib64/GConf
/usr/lib64/GConf/2
/usr/lib64/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-oldxml.so
/usr/lib64/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libgsettingsgconfbackend.so
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GConf-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgconf-2.so.4
/usr/lib64/libgconf-2.so.4.1.5
/usr/libexec/gconf-defaults-mechanism
/usr/libexec/gconfd-2
/usr/share/GConf
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.GConf.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.service
/usr/share/doc/GConf2
/usr/share/doc/GConf2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/GConf2/README
/usr/share/licenses/GConf2
/usr/share/licenses/GConf2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gconftool-2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsettings-data-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gconf.defaults.policy
/usr/share/sgml
/usr/share/sgml/gconf
/usr/share/sgml/gconf/gconf-1.0.dtd
/var/lib/rpm-state/gconf
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.conf
/etc/gconf
/etc/gconf/2
/etc/gconf/2/path
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system
/etc/gconf/schemas
/etc/xdg/autostart/gsettings-data-convert.desktop
/usr/bin/gconf-merge-tree
/usr/bin/gconftool-2
/usr/bin/gsettings-data-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/7215678f19d9651b96591beaa35e167a826e53
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/3ae396716848601edb975f0799cfac2d69f9ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/c1145105c8cab891c226e9b7e504144d52adbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/dcfaeb9101cca8d5191079b3c6006a6fdc3c28
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/40cea016e9b053b709bd4a63d32f52fc75b622
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/3b5c2cb5e73adcd4ea800360d5c8e864b9e5ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/2fcb3a9c2e3c191d26860360ecb61e719e5796
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/43071db1ff4249d3065f538529d8a4342cdace
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/1955ba5298ffd12d74a6856f9dd66a50ace791
/usr/lib/GConf
/usr/lib/GConf/2
/usr/lib/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-oldxml.so
/usr/lib/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgsettingsgconfbackend.so
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GConf-2.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4
/usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4.1.5
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.gconf2
/usr/libexec/gconf-defaults-mechanism
/usr/libexec/gconfd-2
/usr/share/GConf
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.GConf.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.gnome.GConf.Defaults.service
/usr/share/doc/GConf2
/usr/share/doc/GConf2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/GConf2/README
/usr/share/licenses/GConf2
/usr/share/licenses/GConf2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/yi/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/GConf2.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gconftool-2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gsettings-data-convert.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gconf.defaults.policy
/usr/share/sgml
/usr/share/sgml/gconf
/usr/share/sgml/gconf/gconf-1.0.dtd
/var/lib/rpm-state/gconf

References

[GConf2 website](http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.