How To Install sdorfehs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdorfehs on CentOS 8. sdorfehs is A tiling window manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdorfehs on CentOS 8.

What is sdorfehs

sdorfehs (pronounced “starfish”) is a tiling window manager descended from ratpoison (which itself is modeled after GNU Screen). sdorfehs divides the screen into one or more frames, each only displaying one window at a time but can cycle through all available windows (those which are not being shown in another frame). Like Screen, sdorfehs primarily uses prefixed/modal key bindings for most actions. sdorfehs’s command mode is entered with a configurable keystroke which then allows a number of bindings accessible with just a single keystroke or any other combination.

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

Install sdorfehs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sdorfehs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sdorfehs

Install sdorfehs on CentOS 8 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 sdorfehs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sdorfehs

How To Uninstall sdorfehs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove sdorfehs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdorfehs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.