How To Install reptyr on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reptyr on CentOS 7.
What is reptyr
reptyr is a utility for taking an existing running program and attaching it to a new terminal. Started a long-running process over ssh, but have to leave and don’t want to interrupt it? Just start a screen, use reptyr to grab it, and then kill the ssh session and head on home.
We can use yum or dnf to install reptyr on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install reptyr.
Install reptyr on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install reptyr using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install reptyr
Install reptyr 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 reptyr using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install reptyr
How To Uninstall reptyr on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the reptyr package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove reptyr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reptyr on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
