How To Install xpanes on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpanes on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xpanes.
Install xpanes 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 xpanes using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xpanes
Install xpanes 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 xpanes using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xpanes
How To Uninstall xpanes on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xpanes package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xpanes
xpanes Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/tmux-xpanes
/usr/bin/xpanes
/usr/share/doc/xpanes
/usr/share/doc/xpanes/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xpanes
/usr/share/licenses/xpanes/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/tmux-xpanes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xpanes.1.gz
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_tmux-xpanes
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_xpanes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xpanes on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.