How To Install xterm-resize on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xterm-resize on Rocky Linux 8. xterm-resize is Set environment and terminal settings to current window size

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xterm-resize on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xterm-resize

Prints a shell command for setting the appropriate environment variables to indicate the current size of the window from which the command is run.

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

Install xterm-resize 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 xterm-resize using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xterm-resize

Install xterm-resize 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 xterm-resize using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xterm-resize

How To Uninstall xterm-resize on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xterm-resize package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xterm-resize

xterm-resize Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/resize
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/114fd93d43de201c0a0a02664d0b581bda2af6
/usr/share/man/man1/resize.1.gz

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Summary

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