# Cannot install 'terminator' **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Tags:** rocky-linux-10\ **Created:** [June 18, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845 "2025-06-18T11:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hazel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/1 "2025-06-18T11:52:44Z")
Dear All, I successfully installed RL10 today and tried to install terminator from EPEL, but it seems, that I cannot… ```auto 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 ```auto 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 ```auto 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! ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/2 "2025-06-18T12:04:17Z")
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](https://github.com/eugeny/tabby) ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/3 "2025-06-18T12:07:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hazel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/4 "2025-06-26T07:32:24Z")
Maybe a dumb question, but can I use EPEL 10.1 in Rocky 10 just for installing `terminator`? ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/5 "2025-06-26T08:53:46Z")
You could try and download it from the 10.1 EPEL mirror: [Index of /pub/mirrors/epel](https://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/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](http://pkgs.org) it’s not showing for EPEL 10.x. It looks like they’ve possibly removed it. ---
**Author:** ![hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hazel](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/6 "2025-06-26T09:36:49Z")
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 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/7 "2025-06-26T09:52:46Z")
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. ![Screenshot from 2025-06-26 11-51-25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/5/53f02069daacea34997a6299dff6831b278fb69e.png) and the same replicated in tmux: ![Screenshot from 2025-06-26 11-52-23](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/e/e823957e52bf8fabc583d096d0ea31e358bb956e.png) 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. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/8 "2025-06-26T22:43:56Z")
> [@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”. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/9 "2025-06-27T06:28:54Z")
> [@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](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373964) (I thought that “test install” would be part of the EPEL build process …) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-install-terminator/18845/10 "2025-08-26T06:28:58Z")
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