How To Install i3status on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3status on CentOS 7.
What is i3status
i3status is a small program for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, xmobar or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by issuing a very small number of system calls, as one generally wants to update such a status line every second. This ensures that even under high load, your status bar is updated correctly. Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging your CPU as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would.
We can use yum or dnf to install i3status on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install i3status.
Install i3status on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install i3status using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install i3status
Install i3status 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 i3status using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install i3status
How To Uninstall i3status on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the i3status package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove i3status
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install i3status on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
