How to install Screen utility in CentOS 7

Screen utility allows running multi-tasking environment and keeping processes running in the background. By default, package is not available in Centos distribution. Follow the below article to installed.

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install screen Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ………… Installed: screen.x86_64 0:4.1.0-0.25.20120314git3c2946.el7 Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Run the following command to verify installation:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# which screen /bin/screen [root@linuxcnf ~]# screen -v Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNU) 2-May-06 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

It’s done! Now the screen utility is available.