How To Install ncurses-term on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-term on CentOS 7. ncurses-term is Terminal descriptions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncurses-term on CentOS 7.

What is ncurses-term

This package contains additional terminal descriptions not found in the ncurses-base package.

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

Install ncurses-term on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ncurses-term using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ncurses-term

Install ncurses-term 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 ncurses-term using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ncurses-term

How To Uninstall ncurses-term on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ncurses-term package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ncurses-term

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Summary

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