How To Install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7. imsettings-gsettings is GSettings support on imsettings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7.

What is imsettings-gsettings

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 a module to get this working on GNOME and Cinnamon which requires GSettings in their own XSETTINGS daemons.

We can use yum or dnf to install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install imsettings-gsettings.

Install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install imsettings-gsettings

Install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install imsettings-gsettings

How To Uninstall imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove imsettings-gsettings

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imsettings-gsettings on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.