How To Install tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install tn5250.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. tn5250.i686 is 5250 Telnet protocol and Terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `tn5250.i686`

tn5250 is an implementation of the 5250 Telnet protocol. It provides the 5250 library and a 5250 terminal emulation.

We can use yum to install tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tn5250.i686.

Install tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tn5250.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tn5250.i686

How To Uninstall tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the tn5250.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove tn5250.i686

tn5250.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/5250keys
/usr/bin/lp5250d
/usr/bin/scs2ascii
/usr/bin/scs2pdf
/usr/bin/scs2ps
/usr/bin/tn5250
/usr/bin/xt5250
/usr/lib/lib5250.so.0
/usr/lib/lib5250.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/applications/xt5250.desktop
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/README
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/README.Linux
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/README.ssl
/usr/share/doc/tn5250-0.17.4/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/tn5250.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/tn5250.xpm
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/tn5250.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/tn5250.xpm
/usr/share/man/man1/lp5250d.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scs2ascii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scs2pdf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scs2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tn5250.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tn5250rc.5.gz
/usr/share/tn5250
/usr/share/tn5250/5250.tcap
/usr/share/tn5250/5250.terminfo
/usr/share/tn5250/README
/usr/share/tn5250/XTerm
/usr/share/tn5250/sample.termcap
/usr/share/tn5250/uk5250.map
/usr/share/tn5250/us.5250.kbd
/usr/share/tn5250/us5250.map

References

tn5250.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tn5250.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.