How To Install wemux on Fedora 34

wemux is Multi-user terminal multiplexing utility

Introduction

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

What is wemux

Wemux enhances tmux to make multi-user terminal multiplexing both easier and more powerful. It allows users to host a wemux server and have clients join in either Mirror Mode gives clients (another SSH user on your machine) read-only access to the session, allowing them to see you work, or Pair Mode allows the client and yourself to work in the same terminal (shared cursor) Rogue Mode allows the client to pair or work independently in another window (separate cursors) in the same tmux session. It features multi-server support as well as user listing and notifications when users attach/detach.

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

Install wemux 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 wemux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wemux

Install wemux 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 wemux using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wemux

How To Uninstall wemux on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wemux

wemux Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/wemux.conf
/usr/bin/wemux
/usr/share/doc/wemux
/usr/share/doc/wemux/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/wemux
/usr/share/licenses/wemux/MIT-LICENSE

References

Summary

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