How To Install gnome-monitor-config on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-monitor-config on Rocky Linux 8. gnome-monitor-config is GNOME Monitor Configuration Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-monitor-config on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gnome-monitor-config`

A CLI configuration tool used for changing monitor settings in GNOME. This can be used in Wayland, with functionality similar to xrandr on X11.

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

Install gnome-monitor-config 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 gnome-monitor-config using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-monitor-config

Install gnome-monitor-config 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 gnome-monitor-config using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-monitor-config

How To Uninstall gnome-monitor-config on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gnome-monitor-config package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-monitor-config

gnome-monitor-config Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/gnome-monitor-config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/8cfe7bec3ada7daaa8dec5df03edda2571a672

References

gnome-monitor-config website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-monitor-config on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.