How To Install dconf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dconf on Rocky Linux 8. dconf is A configuration system

Introduction

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

What is dconf

dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to provide a backend to the GSettings API in GLib.

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

Install dconf 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 dconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dconf

Install dconf 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 dconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dconf

How To Uninstall dconf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dconf

dconf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dconf
/etc/dconf/db
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/local.d
/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/site.d
/etc/dconf/db/site.d/locks
/etc/dconf/profile
/etc/dconf/profile/user
/usr/bin/dconf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/3917ddfbad5e7f583f59de99333cdaa1607c44
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/88ab7f0fab1685eab29106789b2d31efb98b9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/cbdb15931ec17b7a193aa81879915ce269c6c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/264658f9a5b9857e8236d1a0790d5debbff199
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
/usr/lib/libdconf.so.1
/usr/lib/libdconf.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/dconf-service
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dconf
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service
/usr/share/licenses/dconf
/usr/share/licenses/dconf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dconf.7.gz
/etc/dconf
/etc/dconf/db
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d
/etc/dconf/db/distro.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/local.d
/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks
/etc/dconf/db/site.d
/etc/dconf/db/site.d/locks
/etc/dconf/profile
/etc/dconf/profile/user
/usr/bin/dconf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/751eeecc35f4ed83eee246765c39a506e659b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/891672065ef103a6b2c4b9b4af3dbb2c06b18c
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/2f88d638636e943b5eec3c1ce5031ab69dce5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/5812ff4a6aa05423b36e0a0b90821b52e51891
/usr/lib64/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
/usr/lib64/libdconf.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdconf.so.1.0.0
/usr/libexec/dconf-service
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dconf
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/ca.desrt.dconf.service
/usr/share/licenses/dconf
/usr/share/licenses/dconf/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf-service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dconf.7.gz

References

Summary

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