How To Install yascreen on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yascreen on CentOS 8.
What is yascreen
lib(n)curses alternative oriented towards modern terminals. Suitable for developing terminal applications or daemons with telnet access and terminal support. Main features * small footprint * does not have external dependencies * allows both internal and external event loop * allows stdin/stdout or external input/output (can work over socket) * supports basic set of telnet sequences, making it suitable for built-in terminal interfaces for daemons * supports a limited set of input keystroke sequences * fully Unicode compatible (parts of this depend on wcwidth in libc) * supports utf8 verification of input * relies only on a limited subset of ANSI/xterm ESC sequences, making it compatible with mostly all modern terminals (inspired by linenoise) * there is no curses API and ancient terminal compatibility, hence less bloat * clean API with opaque private data, usable from C/C++
We can use yum or dnf to install yascreen on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yascreen.
Install yascreen 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 yascreen using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install yascreen
Install yascreen 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 yascreen using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install yascreen
How To Uninstall yascreen on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the yascreen package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove yascreen
yascreen Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/852ea02addd00bdb613a6b4fb3ce680f03e280
/usr/lib64/libyascreen.so.0
/usr/lib64/libyascreen.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/yascreen
/usr/share/doc/yascreen/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/yascreen
/usr/share/licenses/yascreen/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yascreen on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.