How To Install dtach on Fedora 34

dtach is A simple program that emulates the detach feature of screen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dtach on Fedora 34.

What is `dtach`

dtach is a program that emulates the detach feature of screen, with less overhead. It is designed to be transparent and un-intrusive; it avoids interpreting the input and output between attached terminals and the program under its control. Consequently, it works best with full-screen applications such as emacs.

We can use yum or dnf to install dtach on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dtach.

Install dtach 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 dtach using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dtach

Install dtach 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 dtach using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dtach

How To Uninstall dtach on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the dtach package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dtach

dtach Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dtach
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/c5744641a79bb112feea955333e5ff5692be02
/usr/share/doc/dtach
/usr/share/doc/dtach/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dtach/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dtach.1.gz

References

dtach website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dtach on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.