How To Install libvterm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvterm on Rocky Linux 8. libvterm is An abstract library implementation of a VT220/xterm/ECMA-48 terminal emulator

Introduction

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

What is libvterm

An abstract C99 library which implements a VT220 or xterm-like terminal emulator. It does not use any particular graphics toolkit or output system. Instead, it invokes callback function pointers that its embedding program should provide it to draw on its behalf.

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

Install libvterm 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 libvterm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvterm

Install libvterm 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 libvterm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvterm

How To Uninstall libvterm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvterm

libvterm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/476e10b74d0c0b3db69725105d6dddab12e8aa
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvterm.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm
/usr/share/licenses/libvterm/LICENSE

References

Summary

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