How To Install eterm on Fedora 34

eterm is Enlightened terminal emulator

Introduction

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

What is `eterm`

Eterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator with enhanced graphical capabilities. Eterm is intended to be a replacement for xterm for Enlightenment window manager users, but it can also be used as a replacement for xterm by users without Enlightenment. Eterm supports various themes and is very configurable, in keeping with the philosophy of Enlightenment.

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

Install eterm 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 eterm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install eterm

Install eterm 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 eterm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install eterm

How To Uninstall eterm on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove eterm

eterm Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/Esetroot
/usr/bin/Etbg
/usr/bin/Etbg_update_list
/usr/bin/Etcolors
/usr/bin/Eterm
/usr/bin/Etsearch
/usr/bin/Ettable
/usr/bin/kEsetroot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/668c339507509b1721053c6082151fcf33c94f
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/9177ef01359ae23dd83c42141691fe3d98328a
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/9581dd939ff910dc0bf062b7b7c71bff6d3b7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/b9b8ea2710fb22cfd204de0aeeeab5c2e11805
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/fe269a093e9a735d200237b59ce7791441a2d8
/usr/lib64/libEterm-0.9.6.so
/usr/share/Eterm
/usr/share/Eterm/pix
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/exit.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/help.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/Neopolis-horizon.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/day-night.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/midnight_sky.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/sailors_delight.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/wasteland.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/wintertree.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/thumb_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/thumb_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/a_distant_star.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/acid_chess.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/alpha_centauri.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/army_brat.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly1.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly2.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly3.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly4.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/circuit.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/cold_steel.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/conch.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/confusion.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/connect_the_dots.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/cyber_bg.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/darkness.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/falling.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/fascination.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/firestorm.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/for_a_moment.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/graffiti.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/gray_matter.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/lightning_crashes.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/marbles.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/moody_blues.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/murky_depths.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/oil_on_canvas.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/pebble_beach.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/ping-pong.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/plasma.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/pulse.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/rolling_meadows.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shades_of_being.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shale.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shattered_windows.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shock_and_awe.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/sitting_in_acid.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/spring_rain.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/stained_glass.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/tales_of_earthsea.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/tangled_web.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/the_wall.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/trees_are_leafy.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/veins.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/veins_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/violetta.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/water_into_wine.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/wormhole.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/woven_memories.png
/usr/share/Eterm/themes
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/theme.cfg
/usr/share/applications/eterm.desktop
/usr/share/doc/eterm
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm.tcap
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm.ti
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm_reference.html
/usr/share/doc/eterm/README
/usr/share/doc/eterm/README.Escreen
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ReleaseNotes.1
/usr/share/licenses/eterm
/usr/share/licenses/eterm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/Eterm.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/eterm.png
/usr/bin/Esetroot
/usr/bin/Etbg
/usr/bin/Etbg_update_list
/usr/bin/Etcolors
/usr/bin/Eterm
/usr/bin/Etsearch
/usr/bin/Ettable
/usr/bin/kEsetroot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/d54f4728049bd6d007e8f559526c8df297c780
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/8b5d9758e4f96c8be7a708c8aad17555103dd2
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/230ea94b4ec464f6d6914038832b912ee78adc
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/180ad868f588a1eddb90ac24229044d1f56898
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/3c5029c0c8e5005a8037d1182c86ccd6101611
/usr/lib64/libEterm-0.9.6.so
/usr/share/Eterm
/usr/share/Eterm/pix
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_horizontal_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/bar_vertical_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_down_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/button_arrow_up_3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/exit.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/help.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/menu3.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/Neopolis-horizon.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/day-night.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/midnight_sky.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/sailors_delight.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/wasteland.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/scale/wintertree.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/thumb_1.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/thumb_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/a_distant_star.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/acid_chess.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/alpha_centauri.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/army_brat.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly1.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly2.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly3.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/bubbly4.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/circuit.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/cold_steel.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/conch.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/confusion.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/connect_the_dots.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/cyber_bg.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/darkness.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/falling.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/fascination.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/firestorm.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/for_a_moment.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/graffiti.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/gray_matter.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/lightning_crashes.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/marbles.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/moody_blues.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/murky_depths.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/oil_on_canvas.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/pebble_beach.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/ping-pong.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/plasma.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/pulse.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/rolling_meadows.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shades_of_being.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shale.jpg
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shattered_windows.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/shock_and_awe.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/sitting_in_acid.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/spring_rain.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/stained_glass.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/tales_of_earthsea.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/tangled_web.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/the_wall.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/trees_are_leafy.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/veins.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/veins_2.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/violetta.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/water_into_wine.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/wormhole.png
/usr/share/Eterm/pix/tile/woven_memories.png
/usr/share/Eterm/themes
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Escreen/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/auto/theme.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/menus.cfg
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/pixmaps.list
/usr/share/Eterm/themes/trans/theme.cfg
/usr/share/applications/eterm.desktop
/usr/share/doc/eterm
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm.tcap
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm.ti
/usr/share/doc/eterm/Eterm_reference.html
/usr/share/doc/eterm/README
/usr/share/doc/eterm/README.Escreen
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/eterm/ReleaseNotes.1
/usr/share/licenses/eterm
/usr/share/licenses/eterm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/Eterm.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/eterm.png

References

eterm website

Summary

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