How To Install tmux on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tmux on Fedora 34.
What is tmux
tmux is a “terminal multiplexer.” It enables a number of terminals (or windows) to be accessed and controlled from a single terminal. tmux is intended to be a simple, modern, BSD-licensed alternative to programs such as GNU Screen.
We can use yum or dnf to install tmux on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tmux.
Install tmux 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 tmux using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tmux
Install tmux 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 tmux using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tmux
How To Uninstall tmux on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the tmux package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tmux
tmux Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/tmux
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/ba6c6486d2574b35c063e72a8705852e98c27b
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/tmux
/usr/share/doc/tmux
/usr/share/doc/tmux/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tmux/example_tmux.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/tmux.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tmux on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.