How To Install conspy on CentOS 8

conspy is Remote control for text mode virtual consoles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install conspy on CentOS 8.

What is `conspy`

Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed on a Linux virtual console, and send keystrokes to it. It is rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of a GUI conspy takes control of a text mode virtual console. Unlike VNC, conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being used.

We can use yum or dnf to install conspy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conspy.

Install conspy on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install conspy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install conspy

Install conspy on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install conspy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install conspy

How To Uninstall conspy on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the conspy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove conspy

conspy Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/conspy
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/d1b8ef35775b0f741bdd39e916aa710f24e2d7
/usr/share/doc/conspy
/usr/share/doc/conspy/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/conspy/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/conspy/conspy.html
/usr/share/licenses/conspy
/usr/share/licenses/conspy/agpl-3.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/conspy.1.gz

References

conspy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install conspy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.