How To Install xpanes on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpanes on CentOS 8.
What is xpanes
Xpanes is the ultimate terminal divider powered by tmux. It has the following features - Split tmux window into multiple panes - Construct command lines & execute them on the panes - Runnable from outside of tmux session - Runnable from inside of tmux session - Record operation log - Flexible layout arrangement for panes - Select layout presets - Set columns or rows as you like - Display pane title on each pane - Generate command lines from standard input (Pipe mode)
We can use yum or dnf to install xpanes on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xpanes.
Install xpanes 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 xpanes using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xpanes
Install xpanes 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 xpanes using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xpanes
How To Uninstall xpanes on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xpanes package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xpanes
xpanes Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/tmux-xpanes
/usr/bin/xpanes
/usr/share/doc/xpanes
/usr/share/doc/xpanes/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xpanes
/usr/share/licenses/xpanes/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/tmux-xpanes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpanes.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_tmux-xpanes
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_xpanes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpanes on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.