Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install abduco on CentOS 8.
What is abduco
abduco provides session management i.e. it allows programs to be run independently from its controlling terminal. That is programs can be detached – run in the background – and then later reattached. Together with dvtm it provides a simpler and cleaner alternative to tmux or screen.
We can use yum or dnf to install abduco on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install abduco.
Install abduco on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abduco using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install abduco
Install abduco on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install abduco using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install abduco
How To Uninstall abduco on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the abduco package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove abduco
abduco Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/abduco
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/4e3dcf79a72328c024359f38007f1456d8cb2c
/usr/share/doc/abduco
/usr/share/doc/abduco/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/abduco
/usr/share/licenses/abduco/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/abduco.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install abduco on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
