How To Install pw3270 on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pw3270 on Fedora 34.
What is pw3270
GTK-based IBM 3270 terminal emulator with many advanced features. It can be used to communicate with any IBM host that supports 3270-style connections over TELNET. Based on the original x3270 code, pw3270 was originally created for Banco do Brasil, and is now used worldwide.
We can use yum or dnf to install pw3270 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pw3270.
Install pw3270 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 pw3270 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pw3270
Install pw3270 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 pw3270 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pw3270
How To Uninstall pw3270 on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pw3270 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pw3270
pw3270 Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/pw3270
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/5237ecc1f1f41e224b9815c41f842acf9b3cc2
/usr/lib64/pw3270-plugins
/usr/share/applications/pw3270.desktop
/usr/share/doc/pw3270
/usr/share/doc/pw3270/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pw3270/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/pw3270-application.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/pw3270-window.gschema.xml
/usr/share/licenses/pw3270
/usr/share/licenses/pw3270/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/pw3270.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/pw3270.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/mime/packages/pw3270.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/icons
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/connect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/disconnect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/gtk-connect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/gtk-disconnect-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/icons/pw3270.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad/00-right.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/keypad/10-bottom.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/pw3270-logo.svg
/usr/share/pw3270/ui
/usr/share/pw3270/ui/application.xml
/usr/share/pw3270/ui/window.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pw3270 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.