How To Install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8. x3270 is An X Window System based IBM 3278/3279 terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `x3270`

The x3270 package contains files needed for emulating the IBM 3278/3279 terminals, commonly used with mainframe applications. You will also need to install a frontend for x3270. Available frontends are x3270-x11 (for the X Window System) and x3270-text (for text mode).

We can use yum or dnf to install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install x3270.

Install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install x3270 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install x3270

Install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install x3270 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install x3270

How To Uninstall x3270 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the x3270 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove x3270

x3270 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ibm_hosts
/usr/bin/playback
/usr/bin/pr3287
/usr/bin/s3270
/usr/bin/x3270if
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/f946ac5afa05bc76c8a7aac8473c0274e33b6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/cc0c186e0172312ab83b7382a97711ae85322d
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/5f19bff1e3da998a21aa45f6af3e35a1169b50
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/1ded6106980b6387b77a3c02dbdbec57f12417
/usr/share/doc/x3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/LICENSE.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/LICENSE.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/README.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/README.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/documentation-relnotes-body.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.pr3287/pr3287-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Intro.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Lineage.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/README.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/ReleaseNotes.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Resources.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/SSL.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Unix-x3270if.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/Wishlist.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/documentation-relnotes-body.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/s3270-man.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/x3270-script.html
/usr/share/doc/x3270/html.s3270/x3270.xbm
/usr/share/man/man1/playback.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pr3287.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/s3270.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270-script.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/x3270if.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ibm_hosts.5.gz

References

x3270 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install x3270 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.