How To Install xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8. xfce4-terminal is Terminal Emulator for the Xfce Desktop environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xfce4-terminal

Xfce4-terminal is a lightweight and easy to use terminal emulator application with many advanced features including drop down, tabs, unlimited scrolling, full colors, fonts, transparent backgrounds, and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xfce4-terminal.

Install xfce4-terminal 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 xfce4-terminal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xfce4-terminal

Install xfce4-terminal 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 xfce4-terminal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xfce4-terminal

How To Uninstall xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xfce4-terminal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xfce4-terminal

xfce4-terminal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/1c2ac063765a344a973d90fdacd9a7a377dfc2
/usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/HACKING
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xfce4-terminal/THANKS
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.xfce.terminal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.xfce.terminal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.xfce.terminal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.terminal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.xfce.terminal.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.xfce.terminal-settings.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.xfce.terminal.svg
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-terminal
/usr/share/licenses/xfce4-terminal/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ie/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-terminal.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xfce4-terminal.1.gz
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/black-on-white.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/dark-pastels.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/green-on-black.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/solarized-dark.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/solarized-light.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/tango.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/white-on-black.theme
/usr/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/xterm.theme

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfce4-terminal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.