How To Install x3270.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. x3270.x86_64 is An X Window System based IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `x3270.x86_64`

The x3270 package contains files needed for emulating the IBM 3278/3279 terminals, commonly used with mainframe applications. You will also need to install a frontend for x3270. Available frontends are x3270-x11 (for the X Window System) and x3270-text (for text mode).

We can use yum to install x3270.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.x86_64.

Install x3270.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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x3270.x86_64

How To Uninstall x3270.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the x3270.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove x3270.x86_64

x3270.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/ibm_hosts
/usr/bin/pr3287
/usr/bin/s3270
/usr/bin/x3270if
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/child_script.bash
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/child_script.ksh
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/child_script.sh
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/cms_logon.bash
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/cms_logon.sh
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/ibm_hosts
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/peer_script.bash
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/peer_script.expect
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/peer_script.ksh
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/Examples/peer_script.sh
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/README
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/README.c3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/README.dbcs
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/README.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/README.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Attributes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Brackets.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Build.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Charset.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Keymap.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/del.jpg
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/delta.jpg
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/ibm_hosts.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/x3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/x3270.jpg
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/x3270.xbm
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html/x3270if.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Build.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/c3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_c3270/x3270if.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_pr3287/Build.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_pr3287/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_pr3287/pr3287-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Build.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/s3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/x3270.xbm
/usr/share/doc/x3270-3.3.12ga12/html_s3270/x3270if.html
/usr/share/man/man1/pr3287.1x.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/s3270.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270-script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270if.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ibm_hosts.5.gz
/usr/share/x3270

References

x3270.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.