How To Install xsettingsd on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsettingsd on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsettingsd.
Install xsettingsd 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 xsettingsd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xsettingsd
Install xsettingsd 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 xsettingsd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xsettingsd
How To Uninstall xsettingsd on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xsettingsd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xsettingsd
xsettingsd Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/dump_xsettings
/usr/bin/xsettingsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/d9cdef37a34b81aabba199abdcbb94fc691b62
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/cb34e898ecdd143827588cf76564ffc7d0d592
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.