How To Install xsel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsel
on CentOS 7.
What is xsel
XSel is a command line or script utility, similar to xclip, that can copy the primary and secondary X selection, or any highlighted text, to or from a file, stdin or stdout. It can also append to and delete the clipboard or buffer that you would paste with the middle mouse button.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xsel
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsel.
Install xsel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install xsel
using yum
by running the following command:
Install xsel 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.
After updating yum database, We can install xsel
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall xsel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xsel
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsel
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.