How To Install wemux on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install wemux on CentOS 7. wemux is Multi-user terminal multiplexing utility

Introduction

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

What is wemux

wemux enhances tmux to make multi-user terminal multiplexing both easier and more powerful. It allows users to host a wemux server and have clients join in either Mirror Mode gives clients (another SSH user on your machine) read-only access to the session, allowing them to see you work, or Pair Mode allows the client and yourself to work in the same terminal (shared cursor) Rogue Mode allows the client to pair or work independently in another window (separate cursors) in the same tmux session. It features multi-server support as well as user listing and notifications when users attach/detach.

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

Install wemux on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install wemux

Install wemux 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 wemux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wemux

How To Uninstall wemux on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove wemux

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Summary

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