How To Install kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8. kf5-kded is KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 3 addon with extensible daemon for system-level services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kf5-kded`

KDED stands for KDE Daemon which isn’t very descriptive. KDED runs in the background and performs a number of small tasks. Some of these tasks are built in, others are started on demand. Custom KDED modules can be provided by 3rd party frameworks and applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kf5-kded.

Install kf5-kded 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 kf5-kded using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kf5-kded

Install kf5-kded 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 kf5-kded using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kf5-kded

How To Uninstall kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kf5-kded package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kf5-kded

kf5-kded Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kded5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/51806077acd6d5b09d3029f9f2b194a9fc0785
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kded
/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kded5.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kded5.service
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kded
/usr/share/doc/kf5-kded/README.md
/usr/share/kservicetypes5/kdedmodule.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kded
/usr/share/licenses/kf5-kded/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/ca/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man8/kded5.8.gz
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kded.categories

References

kf5-kded website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kf5-kded on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.