How To Install shellinabox on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install shellinabox on CentOS 7. shellinabox is Web based AJAX terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shellinabox on CentOS 7.

What is shellinabox

Shell In A Box implements a web server that can export arbitrary command line tools to a web based terminal emulator. This emulator is accessible to any JavaScript and CSS enabled web browser and does not require any additional browser plugins.

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

Install shellinabox on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install shellinabox

Install shellinabox 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 shellinabox using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install shellinabox

How To Uninstall shellinabox on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove shellinabox

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Summary

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