How To Install kitty-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kitty-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8. kitty-terminfo is The terminfo file for Kitty Terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kitty-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kitty-terminfo`

Cross-platform, fast, feature full, GPU based terminal emulator. The terminfo file for Kitty Terminal.

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

Install kitty-terminfo 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 kitty-terminfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kitty-terminfo

Install kitty-terminfo 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 kitty-terminfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kitty-terminfo

How To Uninstall kitty-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kitty-terminfo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kitty-terminfo

kitty-terminfo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/kitty-terminfo
/usr/share/licenses/kitty-terminfo/LICENSE
/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-kitty

References

kitty-terminfo website

Summary

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