How To Install imsettings on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings in Fedora 36. imsettings is Delivery framework for general Input Method configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings on Fedora 36.

What is `imsettings`

IMSettings is a framework that delivers Input Method settings and applies the changes so they take effect immediately without any need to restart applications or the desktop. This package contains the core DBus services and some utilities.

We can use yum or dnf to install imsettings on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install imsettings.

Install imsettings on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install imsettings

Install imsettings on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install imsettings

How To Uninstall imsettings on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove imsettings

imsettings Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-xinput.sh
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/none.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/xcompose.conf
/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/xim.conf
/etc/xdg/autostart/imsettings-start.desktop
/usr/bin/imsettings-info
/usr/bin/imsettings-list
/usr/bin/imsettings-reload
/usr/bin/imsettings-switch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/1230f20894eeb3f8308f5126f0fee5136af158
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/514b6ef819aa345348a93db5198d959783d24b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/ae75bd65e03416c0038431852520ad169dd169
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/b6bf528e0ae66225bacad3102ebb1065fb9e35
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/34d5f8990c7e2ede1e71aa67a5af7c06c5d8c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/7657ea3358facce0f0cc370c090b4d4ea82d7b
/usr/lib64/imsettings
/usr/libexec/imsettings-check
/usr/libexec/imsettings-daemon
/usr/libexec/imsettings-functions
/usr/libexec/imsettings-target-checker.sh
/usr/libexec/xinputinfo.sh
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/imsettings-daemon.service
/usr/share/doc/imsettings
/usr/share/doc/imsettings/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/imsettings/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/imsettings/README
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings
/usr/share/licenses/imsettings/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/es_MX/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu_ES/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/lo/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/imsettings.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/imsettings-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imsettings-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imsettings-reload.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imsettings-switch.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/imsettings-unknown.png

References

imsettings website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).