How To Install et on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install et on Rocky Linux 8. et is Remote shell that survives IP roaming and disconnect

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install et on Rocky Linux 8.

What is et

Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session.

We can use yum or dnf to install et on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install et.

Install et on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install et

Install et on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install et

How To Uninstall et on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove et

et Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/et.cfg
/usr/bin/et
/usr/bin/etserver
/usr/bin/etterminal
/usr/bin/htm
/usr/bin/htmd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/9b0e93e2bd8cc6d7b8301883ee541092ab56b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/8fa4723b33760ddbefb646408945ec97789ffc
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/321147b706ccc2194e6fb4c8f640d746632fb8
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/af2d8c9e39d07d8f48919e3efeba82bafa68fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/193a9ed218fbac6a152235d8b8e817c26e999e
/usr/lib/firewalld
/usr/lib/firewalld/services
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/et.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/et.service
/usr/share/doc/et
/usr/share/doc/et/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/et
/usr/share/licenses/et/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install et on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.