How To Install gpm on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm on CentOS 7.
What is gpm
Gpm provides mouse support to text-based Linux applications like the Emacs editor and the Midnight Commander file management system. Gpm also provides console cut-and-paste operations using the mouse and includes a program to allow pop-up menus to appear at the click of a mouse button.
We can use yum or dnf to install gpm on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpm.
Install gpm on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gpm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gpm
Install gpm 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 gpm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gpm
How To Uninstall gpm on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gpm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.