Installing screen on CentOS 5.x
February 18th, 2010
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Screen … It let you have multiple virtual windows in one physical terminal session, and very necessary to use if you are compiling remotely and your internet connection is not reliable.
1) Download latest RPM
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=screen
2) Install screen dependencies
#yum -y install ncurses-devel texinfo pam-devel libtool
3) Install screen
#rpmbuild --rebuild screen-4.0.2-5.src.rpm #rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/screen-4.0.2-5.src.rpm
4) Show screen
#screen -ls
5)Create Screen Session
#screen
6) Create Screen Virtual window
press ctrl+a,c
7) Change between Screens
press ctrl+a, 0 Session 0 press ctrl+a, 1 Session 1 press ctrl+a, 2 Session 2
8 ) To resume a Screen session
#screen -r session name
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One Comment to “Installing screen on CentOS 5.x”
The download link wasn’t working but #yum install screen worked like a charm.