How To Install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cool-retro-term in Fedora 36. cool-retro-term is Terminal emulator mimicking a CRT display

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36.

What is cool-retro-term

cool-retro-term is a terminal emulator which tries to mimic the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens. It has been designed to be eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.

We can use yum or dnf to install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cool-retro-term.

Install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cool-retro-term using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cool-retro-term

Install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cool-retro-term using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cool-retro-term

How To Uninstall cool-retro-term on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cool-retro-term package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cool-retro-term

cool-retro-term Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cool-retro-term
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/072d82cbf24aed8670cf48af2f545a3f0f37e0
/usr/share/applications/cool-retro-term.desktop
/usr/share/doc/cool-retro-term
/usr/share/doc/cool-retro-term/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/cool-retro-term.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/cool-retro-term.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/cool-retro-term.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/cool-retro-term.png
/usr/share/licenses/cool-retro-term
/usr/share/licenses/cool-retro-term/gpl-3.0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/cool-retro-term.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/cool-retro-term.appdata.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cool-retro-term on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).