How To Install xterm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xterm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xterm.x86_64 is Terminal emulator for the X Window System

Introduction

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

What is `xterm.x86_64`

The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can’t use the window system directly.

We can use yum to install xterm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xterm.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install xterm.x86_64

How To Uninstall xterm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove xterm.x86_64

xterm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/koi8rxterm
/usr/bin/resize
/usr/bin/uxterm
/usr/bin/xterm
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/KOI8RXTerm
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/KOI8RXTerm-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/UXTerm
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/UXTerm-color
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color
/usr/share/applications/xterm.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295/16colors.txt
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295/README.i18n
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295/ctlseqs.txt
/usr/share/doc/xterm-295/xterm.log.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xterm-color.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xterm-color.svg
/usr/share/man/man1/koi8rxterm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/resize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uxterm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/filled-xterm_32x32.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/filled-xterm_48x48.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/mini.xterm_32x32.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/mini.xterm_48x48.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_32x32.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_48x48.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm_32x32.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm_48x48.xpm

References

xterm.x86_64 website

Summary

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