How To Install xterm-console on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xterm-console in Fedora 36. xterm-console is A Linux vt console look-alike xterm wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xterm-console on Fedora 36.

What is `xterm-console`

xterm-console runs an xterm that tries to look as much as possible like a console. It reads the current color configuration from the kernel, and the package includes copies of the system console fonts converted to the PCF format for xterm to use.

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

Install xterm-console 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 xterm-console using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xterm-console

Install xterm-console 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 xterm-console using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xterm-console

How To Uninstall xterm-console on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xterm-console package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xterm-console

xterm-console Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xterm-console
/usr/share/X11/fonts
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Agafari-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Agafari-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Agafari-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Cyr_a8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Cyr_a8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Cyr_a8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Goha-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Goha-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Goha-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/GohaClassic-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/GohaClassic-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/GohaClassic-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/Lat2-Terminus16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatArCyrHeb-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatArCyrHeb-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatArCyrHeb-16+.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatArCyrHeb-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatArCyrHeb-19.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatGrkCyr-12x22.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatGrkCyr-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/LatKaCyrHeb-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp1250.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp850-8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp850-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp850-8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp865-8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp865-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cp865-8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/cyr-sun16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/default8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/default8x9.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/drdos8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/drdos8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/drdos8x6.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/drdos8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/eurlatgr.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737a-8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737a-9x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737a-9x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737b-8x11.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737b-9x16-medieval.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737c-8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737c-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737c-8x6.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737c-8x7.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737c-8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr737d-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928-8x16-thin.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928-9x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928-9x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928a-8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928a-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928b-8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/gr928b-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/greek-polytonic.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/iso01-12x22.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/iso02-12x22.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/iso07u-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/koi8r.8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/koi8u_8x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/koi8u_8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/koi8u_8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat0-sun16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat1-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat1-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat1-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat1-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat1-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2-sun16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat2a-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-16+.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4-19.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-16+.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat4a-19.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat5-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat5-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat5-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat7-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat7a-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9u-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9u-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9u-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9u-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9u-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9v-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9v-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9v-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9v-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9v-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9w-08.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9w-10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9w-12.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9w-14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/lat9w-16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/latarcyrheb-sun16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/latarcyrheb-sun32.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/pancyrillic.f16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/ruscii_8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/ruscii_8x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/solar24x32.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/sun12x22.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/viscii10-8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/doc/xterm-console
/usr/share/doc/xterm-console/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xterm-console
/usr/share/licenses/xterm-console/LICENSE

References

xterm-console website

Summary

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