How To Install synergy on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install synergy on CentOS 7.
What is synergy
Synergy lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers, where each computer has its own display. No special hardware is required, all you need is a local area network. Synergy is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen.
We can use yum or dnf to install synergy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install synergy.
Install synergy on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install synergy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install synergy
Install synergy 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 synergy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install synergy
How To Uninstall synergy on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the synergy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove synergy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install synergy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
