How To Install x3270 on Fedora 34

x3270 is An X Window System based IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270 on Fedora 34.

What is x3270

The x3270 package contains files needed for emulating the IBM 3278/3279 terminals, commonly used with mainframe applications. You will also need to install a frontend for x3270. Available frontends are x3270-x11 (for the X Window System) and x3270-text (for text mode).

We can use yum or dnf to install x3270 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x3270.

Install x3270 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 x3270 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x3270

Install x3270 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 x3270 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x3270

How To Uninstall x3270 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the x3270 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x3270

x3270 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ibm_hosts
/usr/bin/playback
/usr/bin/pr3287
/usr/bin/s3270
/usr/bin/x3270if
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/99f1bd126de0ff76e1f5a2c6e8d09e258630cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/2fe462c4c4b1d3dd2e3fc8ed07094c6b78ddca
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/ccc392aa1bcb0ad950008c614076361afb107b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/9edd4a0a54b7d49d3ca5602051543a6ae21f3e
/usr/share/doc/x3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/LICENSE.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/LICENSE.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/README.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/README.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/documentation-relnotes-body.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/pr3287-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/documentation-relnotes-body.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/s3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/x3270.xbm
/usr/share/man/man1/playback.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pr3287.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/s3270.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270-script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270if.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ibm_hosts.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.