Cannot install 'terminator'

[hazel]

Dear All,
I successfully installed RL10 today and tried to install terminator from EPEL, but it seems, that I cannot…

root@localhost:~# dnf repolist 
Paketquellenkennung                                      Paketquellenname
appstream                                                Rocky Linux 10 - AppStream
baseos                                                   Rocky Linux 10 - BaseOS
crb                                                      Rocky Linux 10 - CRB
elrepo                                                   ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el10
epel                                                     Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 10 - x86_64
extras                                                   Rocky Linux 10 - Extras
rpmfusion-free-updates                                   RPM Fusion for EL 10 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                                RPM Fusion for EL 10 - Nonfree - Updates

then

root@localhost:~# dnf check-update --refresh
ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el10                                                         12 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 10 - x86_64                                                                210 kB/s |  42 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 10 - BaseOS                                                                                         19 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 10 - AppStream                                                                                      22 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 10 - CRB                                                                                            20 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
Rocky Linux 10 - Extras                                                                                         17 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00    
RPM Fusion for EL 10 - Free - Updates                                                                          329 kB/s | 7.9 kB     00:00    
RPM Fusion for EL 10 - Nonfree - Updates                                                                       256 kB/s | 8.0 kB     00:00    

but

root@localhost:~# dnf install terminator
Letzte Prüfung auf abgelaufene Metadaten: vor 0:00:57 am Mi 18 Jun 2025 13:50:52 CEST.
Keine Übereinstimmung für Argumente: terminator
Fehler: Keine Übereinstimmung gefunden: terminator

Please, can anyone advice me into the right direction?
Cheers!

[iwalker]

I checked on my EL10, and I don’t see any package named terminator in EPEL10 repository. Since nobody here manages/maintains EPEL, you would have to ask the EPEL team.

I switched from terminator ages ago and now use tabby - GitHub - Eugeny/tabby: A terminal for a more modern age

[jlehtone]

EPEL 10.1 directory seems to have the GNOME terminator, but EPEL 10.0 does not.
EPEL builds primarily for 10.1. One should note in the request to EPEL that; to include the 10.0 target.

[hazel]

Maybe a dumb question, but can I use EPEL 10.1 in Rocky 10 just for installing terminator?

[iwalker]

You could try and download it from the 10.1 EPEL mirror: Index of /pub/mirrors/epel

Although I’ve just gone through 10.1 and 10.1z and I cannot find it. So it looks like it’s no longer available. Also searching pkgs.org it’s not showing for EPEL 10.x. It looks like they’ve possibly removed it.

[hazel]

Indeed, looking at /pub/mirrors/epel I didn’t find terminator nor tilix in 10.x. I can find both via pkgs.org in EPEL9 repo, so is it possible to install just one package from an older EPEL repo, i.e. using EPEL9 in Rocky 10 just for the purpose of installing terminator?

(to be honest, I don’t like the rather bloated modern alternative like hyper.js or tabby, and since terminator is afaik part of gnome, I’m a bit confused, that it is not packaged? However, suggestions and alternatives are welcome )

[iwalker]

Rocky is based on Red Hat, so unless Red Hat package it, then it’s not in Rocky repositories. Hence why it exists in EPEL. Also remember, EL10 was only released in May, so it needs time for package maintainers to create packages for EL10 to appear in EPEL10.

You can also use tmux and make multiple terminal windows just like with terminator, or tabby for example. I’ve turned off a lot of the bloated features in tabby that I don’t use, but I have a three window style terminal window just like below (I had the same in Terminator too). And it can be replicated easily enough in tmux.

and the same replicated in tmux:

Using EL9 packages in EL10 whilst possible isn’t recommended, but you can do that for the time being until an EPEL10 terminator package is released.

[gerry666uk]

@hazel

terminator is afaik part of gnome

It’s a good question; even outside of RHEL. They seem to differentiate “core” Gnome apps from “the rest”, then there are also dozens that are “archived”.

[jlehtone]

@hazel

Indeed, looking at /pub/mirrors/epel I didn’t find terminator nor tilix in 10.x.

The terminator was in EPEL 10.1, but apparently uninstallable, see 2373964 – terminator: fails to install from EPEL 10.1
(I thought that “test install” would be part of the EPEL build process …)