How To Install tmux on Fedora 34

tmux is A terminal multiplexer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmux on Fedora 34.

What is tmux

tmux is a “terminal multiplexer.” It enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU Screen.

We can use yum or dnf to install tmux on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tmux.

Install tmux on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install tmux

Install tmux on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install tmux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tmux

How To Uninstall tmux on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove tmux

tmux Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/ba6c6486d2574b35c063e72a8705852e98c27b
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/tmux
/usr/share/doc/tmux
/usr/share/doc/tmux/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tmux/example_tmux.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/tmux.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmux on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.