How To Install conserver on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install conserver on CentOS 7.

What is conserver

Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a serial console at the same time. It can log the data, allows users to take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety of bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install conserver on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conserver.

Install conserver on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install conserver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install conserver

Install conserver on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install conserver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install conserver

How To Uninstall conserver on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove conserver

References

• conserver website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install conserver on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.