How To Install rxvt-unicode on CentOS 8
rxvt-unicode is Unicode version of rxvt
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode on CentOS 8.
What is rxvt-unicode
rxvt-unicode is a clone of the well known terminal emulator rxvt, modified to store text in Unicode (either UCS-2 or UCS-4) and to use locale-correct input and output. It also supports mixing multiple fonts at the same time, including Xft fonts.
We can use yum or dnf to install rxvt-unicode on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rxvt-unicode.
Install rxvt-unicode 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 rxvt-unicode using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rxvt-unicode
Install rxvt-unicode 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 rxvt-unicode using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rxvt-unicode
How To Uninstall rxvt-unicode on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rxvt-unicode package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rxvt-unicode
rxvt-unicode Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/urxvt
/usr/bin/urxvt-ml
/usr/bin/urxvt-mlc
/usr/bin/urxvt-mld
/usr/bin/urxvt256c
/usr/bin/urxvt256c-ml
/usr/bin/urxvt256c-mlc
/usr/bin/urxvt256c-mld
/usr/bin/urxvt256cc
/usr/bin/urxvt256cd
/usr/bin/urxvtc
/usr/bin/urxvtd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/1663e756d40f955f9587eb503e478584cebd21
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/349e130097bd201567ee95db98d0e6aba6f1cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/9b72fe1f39d5427a65c2fa2da5a3ece4cae278
/usr/lib64/urxvt
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/background
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/bell-command
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/block-graphics-to-ascii
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/clipboard-osc
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/confirm-paste
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/digital-clock
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/eval
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/example-refresh-hooks
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/keysym-list
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/kuake
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/matcher
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/option-popup
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/overlay-osc
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/readline
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/remote-clipboard
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/searchable-scrollback
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/selection
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/selection-autotransform
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/selection-pastebin
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/selection-popup
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/selection-to-clipboard
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/tabbed
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/urxvt-popup
/usr/lib64/urxvt/perl/xim-onthespot
/usr/lib64/urxvt/urxvt.pm
/usr/share/applications/rxvt-unicode.desktop
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/README.xvt
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/etc
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/etc/rxvt-unicode.termcap
/usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode/etc/rxvt-unicode.terminfo
/usr/share/licenses/rxvt-unicode
/usr/share/licenses/rxvt-unicode/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-background.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-bell-command.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-block-graphics-to-ascii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-clipboard-osc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-confirm-paste.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-digital-clock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-eval.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-example-refresh-hooks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-extensions.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-keysym-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-kuake.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-matcher.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-option-popup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-overlay-osc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-readline.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-remote-clipboard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-searchable-scrollback.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-selection-autotransform.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-selection-pastebin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-selection-popup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-selection-to-clipboard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-selection.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-tabbed.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt-xim-onthespot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvtc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/urxvtd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/urxvtperl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/urxvt.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
