How To Install screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install screen.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. screen.x86_64 is A screen manager that supports multiple logins on one terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `screen.x86_64`

The screen utility allows you to have multiple logins on just one terminal. Screen is useful for users who telnet into a machine or are connected via a dumb terminal, but want to use more than just one login. Install the screen package if you need a screen manager that can support multiple logins on one terminal.

We can use yum to install screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install screen.x86_64.

Install screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install screen.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install screen.x86_64

How To Uninstall screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the screen.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove screen.x86_64

screen.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/pam.d/screen
/etc/screenrc
/usr/bin/screen
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0/README
/usr/share/doc/screen-4.1.0/README.DOTSCREEN
/usr/share/info/screen.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/screen.1.gz
/usr/share/screen
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/01
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/02
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/03
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/04
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/18
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/19
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/a1
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/bf
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c2
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c3
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c4
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c6
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c7
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/c8
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/cc
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/cd
/usr/share/screen/utf8encodings/d6
/var/run/screen

References

screen.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install screen.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.