How To Install xpanes on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xpanes on CentOS 7. xpanes is Awesome tmux-based terminal divider

Introduction

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

What is xpanes

Xpanes is the ultimate terminal divider powered by tmux. It has the following features - Split tmux window into multiple panes - Construct command lines & execute them on the panes - Runnable from outside of tmux session - Runnable from inside of tmux session - Record operation log - Flexible layout arrangement for panes - Select layout presets - Set columns or rows as you like - Display pane title on each pane - Generate command lines from standard input (Pipe mode)

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

Install xpanes on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install xpanes

Install xpanes 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 xpanes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xpanes

How To Uninstall xpanes on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xpanes

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Summary

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