How To Install pw3270 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pw3270 on CentOS 8.
What is pw3270
GTK-based IBM 3270 terminal emulator with many advanced features. It can be used to communicate with any IBM host that supports 3270-style connections over TELNET. Based on the original x3270 code, pw3270 was originally created for Banco do Brasil, and is now used worldwide.
We can use yum or dnf to install pw3270 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pw3270.
Install pw3270 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 pw3270 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pw3270
Install pw3270 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 pw3270 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pw3270
How To Uninstall pw3270 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pw3270 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pw3270
pw3270 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pw3270
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/905124512bc1532097c6d676832859b8a67fb1
/usr/lib64/pw3270-plugins
/usr/share/applications/pw3270.desktop
/usr/share/doc/pw3270
/usr/share/doc/pw3270/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pw3270/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/pw3270-application.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/pw3270-window.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/pw3270
/usr/share/licenses/pw3270/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/pw3270.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/pw3270.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/pw3270.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/icons
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/connect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/disconnect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/gtk-connect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/gtk-disconnect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/pw3270.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad/00-right.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad/10-bottom.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/pw3270-logo.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/ui
/usr/share/pw3270/ui/application.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/ui/window.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pw3270 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.