byobu is Light-weight, configurable window manager built upon GNU screen
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byobu on CentOS 8.
What is byobu
Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve as folding room dividers. As an open source project, Byobu is an elegant enhancement of the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen. Byobu includes an enhanced profile and configuration utilities for the GNU screen window manager, such as toggle-able system status notifications.
We can use yum or dnf to install byobu on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install byobu.
Install byobu 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 byobu using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install byobu
Install byobu 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 byobu using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install byobu
How To Uninstall byobu on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the byobu package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove byobu
byobu Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/byobu
/etc/byobu/backend
/etc/byobu/socketdir
/usr/bin/byobu
/usr/bin/byobu-config
/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a
/usr/bin/byobu-disable
/usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-enable
/usr/bin/byobu-enable-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-export
/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
/usr/bin/byobu-keybindings
/usr/bin/byobu-launch
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install
/usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall
/usr/bin/byobu-layout
/usr/bin/byobu-prompt
/usr/bin/byobu-quiet
/usr/bin/byobu-reconnect-sockets
/usr/bin/byobu-screen
/usr/bin/byobu-select-backend
/usr/bin/byobu-select-profile
/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
/usr/bin/byobu-shell
/usr/bin/byobu-silent
/usr/bin/byobu-status
/usr/bin/byobu-status-detail
/usr/bin/byobu-tmux
/usr/bin/byobu-ugraph
/usr/bin/byobu-ulevel
/usr/bin/col1
/usr/bin/ctail
/usr/bin/manifest
/usr/bin/purge-old-kernels
/usr/bin/wifi-status
/usr/libexec/byobu
/usr/libexec/byobu/arch
/usr/libexec/byobu/battery
/usr/libexec/byobu/color
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_count
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_freq
/usr/libexec/byobu/cpu_temp
/usr/libexec/byobu/custom
/usr/libexec/byobu/date
/usr/libexec/byobu/disk
/usr/libexec/byobu/disk_io
/usr/libexec/byobu/distro
/usr/libexec/byobu/entropy
/usr/libexec/byobu/fan_speed
/usr/libexec/byobu/hostname
/usr/libexec/byobu/include
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/colors
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/common
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/config.py
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/constants
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/cycle-status
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/dirs
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/icons
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/mondrian
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/notify_osd
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/select-session.py
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/shutil
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-detach-all-but-current-client
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-send-command-to-all-panes
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/tmux-send-command-to-all-windows
/usr/libexec/byobu/include/toggle-utf8
/usr/libexec/byobu/ip_address
/usr/libexec/byobu/load_average
/usr/libexec/byobu/logo
/usr/libexec/byobu/mail
/usr/libexec/byobu/memory
/usr/libexec/byobu/menu
/usr/libexec/byobu/network
/usr/libexec/byobu/processes
/usr/libexec/byobu/raid
/usr/libexec/byobu/reboot_required
/usr/libexec/byobu/release
/usr/libexec/byobu/services
/usr/libexec/byobu/session
/usr/libexec/byobu/swap
/usr/libexec/byobu/time
/usr/libexec/byobu/time_binary
/usr/libexec/byobu/time_utc
/usr/libexec/byobu/trash
/usr/libexec/byobu/updates_available
/usr/libexec/byobu/uptime
/usr/libexec/byobu/users
/usr/libexec/byobu/whoami
/usr/libexec/byobu/wifi_quality
/usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop
/usr/share/byobu
/usr/share/byobu/desktop
/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop
/usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop.old
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/common
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.screen
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.screen.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/mouse.tmux.disable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/mouse.tmux.enable
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/none
/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/tmux-screen-keys.conf
/usr/share/byobu/pixmaps
/usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.svg
/usr/share/byobu/profiles
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/NONE
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/dircolors
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
/usr/share/byobu/status
/usr/share/byobu/status/status
/usr/share/byobu/status/statusrc
/usr/share/byobu/tests
/usr/share/byobu/tests/byobu-time-notifications
/usr/share/byobu/windows
/usr/share/byobu/windows/common
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/us.kirkland.terminals.byobu.service
/usr/share/doc/byobu
/usr/share/doc/byobu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.screen.txt
/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/byobu.svg
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/la/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/byobu.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ctrl-a.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-disable-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-disable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-janitor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-keybindings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher-uninstall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-launcher.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-layout.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-prompt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-quiet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-reconnect-sockets.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-screen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-backend.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-profile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-session.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-shell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-silent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-status-detail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-tmux.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ugraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-ulevel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/col1.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/manifest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/purge-old-kernels.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byobu on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
