How To Install byobu on Fedora 34
byobu is Light-weight, configurable window manager built upon GNU screen
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byobu on Fedora 34.
What is byobu
Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve as folding room dividers. As an open source project, Byobu is an elegant enhancement of the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen. Byobu includes an enhanced profile and configuration utilities for the GNU screen window manager, such as toggle-able system status notifications.
We can use yum or dnf to install byobu on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install byobu.
Install byobu on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install byobu using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install byobu
Install byobu on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install byobu using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install byobu
How To Uninstall byobu on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the byobu package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove byobu
byobu Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/byobu
/etc/byobu/backend
/etc/byobu/socketdir
/usr/bin/byobu
/usr/bin/byobu-config
/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a
/usr/bin/byobu-disable
/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-enable
/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-export
/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
/usr/bin/byobu-keybindings
/usr/bin/byobu-launch
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall
/usr/bin/byobu-layout
/usr/bin/byobu-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-quiet
/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets
/usr/bin/byobu-screen
/usr/bin/byobu-select-backend
/usr/bin/byobu-select-profile
/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
/usr/bin/byobu-shell
/usr/bin/byobu-silent
/usr/bin/byobu-status
/usr/bin/byobu-status-detail
/usr/bin/byobu-tmux
/usr/bin/byobu-ugraph
/usr/bin/byobu-ulevel
/usr/bin/col1
/usr/bin/ctail
/usr/bin/manifest
/usr/bin/purge-old-kernels
/usr/bin/wifi-status
/usr/libexec/byobu
/usr/libexec/byobu/arch
/usr/libexec/byobu/battery
/usr/libexec/byobu/color
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_count
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_freq
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_temp
/usr/libexec/byobu/custom
/usr/libexec/byobu/date
/usr/libexec/byobu/disk
/usr/libexec/byobu/disk_io
/usr/libexec/byobu/distro
/usr/libexec/byobu/entropy
/usr/libexec/byobu/fan_speed
/usr/libexec/byobu/hostname
/usr/libexec/byobu/include
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/colors
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/common
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/config.py
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/constants
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/cycle-status
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/dirs
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/icons
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/mondrian
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/notify_osd
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/select-session.py
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/shutil
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-detach-all-but-current-client
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-send-command-to-all-panes
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-send-command-to-all-windows
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/toggle-utf8
/usr/libexec/byobu/ip_address
/usr/libexec/byobu/load_average
/usr/libexec/byobu/logo
/usr/libexec/byobu/mail
/usr/libexec/byobu/memory
/usr/libexec/byobu/menu
/usr/libexec/byobu/network
/usr/libexec/byobu/processes
/usr/libexec/byobu/raid
/usr/libexec/byobu/reboot_required
/usr/libexec/byobu/release
/usr/libexec/byobu/services
/usr/libexec/byobu/session
/usr/libexec/byobu/swap
/usr/libexec/byobu/time
/usr/libexec/byobu/time_binary
/usr/libexec/byobu/time_utc
/usr/libexec/byobu/trash
/usr/libexec/byobu/updates_available
/usr/libexec/byobu/uptime
/usr/libexec/byobu/users
/usr/libexec/byobu/whoami
/usr/libexec/byobu/wifi_quality
/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop
/usr/share/byobu
/usr/share/byobu/desktop
/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop
/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/common
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.screen
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.screen.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/mouse.tmux.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/mouse.tmux.enable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/none
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/tmux-screen-keys.conf
/usr/share/byobu/pixmaps
/usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.svg
/usr/share/byobu/profiles
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/NONE
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/dircolors
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
/usr/share/byobu/status
/usr/share/byobu/status/status
/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc
/usr/share/byobu/tests
/usr/share/byobu/tests/byobu-time-notifications
/usr/share/byobu/windows
/usr/share/byobu/windows/common
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/us.kirkland.terminals.byobu.service
/usr/share/doc/byobu
/usr/share/doc/byobu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.screen.txt
/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byobu.svg
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ctrl-a.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-disable-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-disable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-janitor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-keybindings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher-uninstall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-layout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-quiet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-reconnect-sockets.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-screen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-backend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-profile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-shell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-silent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-status-detail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ugraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ulevel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/col1.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/manifest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/purge-old-kernels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byobu on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.