How To Install x3270-text.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270-text.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is x3270-text.x86_64
The c3270 program opens a 3270 terminal which emulates the actual look of an IBM 3278/3279 terminal, commonly used with mainframe applications. x3270 also allows you to telnet to an IBM host from the x3270 window. Install the x3270-text package if you need to access IBM hosts using an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator without running X.
We can use yum to install x3270-text.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x3270-text.x86_64.
Install x3270-text.x86_64 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 x3270-text.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x3270-text.x86_64
How To Uninstall x3270-text.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the x3270-text.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove x3270-text.x86_64
x3270-text.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/bin/c3270
/usr/share/man/man1/c3270.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270-text.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.