How To Install kscreen on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreen on Rocky Linux 8. kscreen is KDE Display Management software

Introduction

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

What is `kscreen`

KCM and KDED modules for managing displays in KDE.

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

Install kscreen 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 kscreen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kscreen

Install kscreen 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 kscreen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kscreen

How To Uninstall kscreen on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove kscreen

kscreen Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/kscreen-console
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/1bc842b23714f0b39010b3773a174c1afb01ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/c323f59647b213601923be379c249746cf434d
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/031fd3568b70886162c79244f3bc4634c39f54
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/cc6ea1b75be1bdea1f86b09510de16bc213d2b
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kcms/kcm_kscreen.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kf5/kded/kscreen.so
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/plasma/applets/plasma_applet_kscreen.so
/usr/share/kded_kscreen/qml/Osd.qml
/usr/share/kded_kscreen/qml/OsdItem.qml
/usr/share/kded_kscreen/qml/OsdSelector.qml
/usr/share/kded_kscreen/qml/OutputIdentifier.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/Orientation.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/Output.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/OutputIdentifier.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/OutputPanel.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/Panel.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/RotationButton.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/Screen.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/contents/ui/main.qml
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/kpackage/kcms/kcm_kscreen/metadata.json
/usr/share/kservices5/kcm_kscreen.desktop
/usr/share/kservices5/plasma-applet-org.kde.kscreen.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/kscreen
/usr/share/licenses/kscreen/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kcm_kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kscreen.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_org.kde.kscreen.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.kscreen.appdata.xml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kscreen/contents/ui/PresentationModeItem.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kscreen/contents/ui/ScreenLayoutSelection.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kscreen/contents/ui/main.qml
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kscreen/metadata.desktop
/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kscreen/metadata.json
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kscreen.categories

References

kscreen website

Summary

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