How To Install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8. GConf2 is A process-transparent configuration system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install GConf2.

Install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install GConf2

Install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove GConf2

GConf2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/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/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/f33337b6aa1c8f4ed3fa0a339979a11934d46f
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/0126c78567f5e5e6e403d3a304e5d045866f02
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/cfbe6d11edbb58655e5b4c7883b6a6d981ccd9
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/7381bb25e0ca08464342ce42fd160f3c8ae98e
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/e72e905388ba370077131e80f9782965830a78
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/c10a05480a69ac7ee57499ac0b33be23e5835e
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/97851c24f649aa35e1a902387a8533afb18ae8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/b77ebdc2a433df5a7bf8303b3b95ee7da94b96
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/69da2ecf37307653f54e1d6731d734d5b6a7fb
/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
/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/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/718ea3dc0cb5fa60be5988270322b4afcd36f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/023a24d3bb31ae224ba3d2a73333aecff927dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/991eae8689140ce74675621a1a9e88c9847b33
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/9776da8b30087beeecf73267f27cc2c35861b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/400cc7f9a65b49667b591f96723bd0319f8643
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/88bc62ae0a321bf68ae5dbcca042740890432c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/831341b78050dd9ef7467ba30dec91d74adb68
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/aef840645712161edc9374b48207b80aa1828c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/d34f27cd32aa87cf09f1dc5c924e1b2d5c9718
/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

References

GConf2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install GConf2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.