How To Install x3270-text on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270-text on CentOS 8.
What is x3270-text
The c3270 program opens a 3270 terminal which emulates the actual look of an IBM 3278/3279 terminal, commonly used with mainframe applications. x3270 also allows you to telnet to an IBM host from the x3270 window. Install the x3270-text package if you need to access IBM hosts using an IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator without running X.
We can use yum or dnf to install x3270-text on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x3270-text.
Install x3270-text 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 x3270-text using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install x3270-text
Install x3270-text 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 x3270-text using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install x3270-text
How To Uninstall x3270-text on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the x3270-text package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove x3270-text
x3270-text Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/c3270
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/2cc7c02b8b43eb08517e435cee6c958bdf9a3e
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/LICENSE.c3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/README.c3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/c3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/documentation-relnotes-body.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270-text/html.c3270/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/man/man1/c3270.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270-text on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.