How To Install route3270 on Fedora 34

route3270 is A simple 3270 application/connection router

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install route3270 on Fedora 34.

What is route3270

A simple TN3270 router that can be used to route access to several applications or machines behind a single gateway. Features - Crude access control system for proxied services - Authentication - 2FA support using TOTP

We can use yum or dnf to install route3270 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install route3270.

Install route3270 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 route3270 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install route3270

Install route3270 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 route3270 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install route3270

How To Uninstall route3270 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the route3270 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove route3270

route3270 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/route3270
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/a178b776212adf9212dc0eac668277c4289c37
/usr/share/doc/route3270
/usr/share/doc/route3270/README.md
/usr/share/doc/route3270/doc
/usr/share/doc/route3270/doc/login.png
/usr/share/doc/route3270/doc/selection.png
/usr/share/doc/route3270/example.toml
/usr/share/licenses/route3270
/usr/share/licenses/route3270/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install route3270 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.