asciinema is Terminal session recorder
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciinema on CentOS 8.
What is asciinema
Asciinema is a free and open source solution for recording the terminal sessions and sharing them on the web.
We can use yum or dnf to install asciinema on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install asciinema.
Install asciinema 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 asciinema using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install asciinema
Install asciinema 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 asciinema using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install asciinema
How To Uninstall asciinema on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the asciinema package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove asciinema
asciinema Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/asciinema
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema-2.0.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/api.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/api.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/http_adapter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/http_adapter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/player.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/player.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/pty.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/pty.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/term.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/term.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/urllib_http_adapter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/__pycache__/urllib_http_adapter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/api.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/events.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/events.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/raw.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/raw.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/v1.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/v1.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/v2.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/__pycache__/v2.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/events.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/raw.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/v1.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/asciicast/v2.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/auth.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/auth.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/cat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/cat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/command.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/command.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/play.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/play.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/record.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/record.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/upload.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/__pycache__/upload.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/auth.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/cat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/command.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/play.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/record.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/commands/upload.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/http_adapter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/player.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/pty.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/term.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asciinema/urllib_http_adapter.py
/usr/share/doc/asciinema
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/README.md
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/asciicast-v1.md
/usr/share/doc/asciinema/asciicast-v2.md
/usr/share/licenses/asciinema
/usr/share/licenses/asciinema/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/asciinema.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciinema on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
