# Documentation: Installing the Terminator terminal emulator

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-10\
**Created:** [November 12, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877 "2025-11-12T14:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![0x0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/6bbea6/32.png) [@0x0](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/0x0)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/1 "2025-11-12T14:17:08Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to install Terminator as per instructions here:

> **[Installing the Terminator terminal emulator - Documentation](https://docs.rockylinux.org/10/desktop/tools/terminator/)**

Epel repo is enabled:

dnf repolist enabled  
repo id repo name  
appstream Rocky Linux 10 - AppStream  
baseos Rocky Linux 10 - BaseOS  
crb Rocky Linux 10 - CRB  
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

Search gives no result:  
dnf search terminator  
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:05 ago on Wed 12 Nov 2025 03:11:03 PM CET.  
No matches found.

Any suggestions how to get terminator installed ?

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**Author:** ![sspencerwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sspencerwire](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sspencerwire)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/2 "2025-11-12T15:34:36Z")

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Hello @0x0 , Unless the EPEL builds this for 10, you will probably have to find a new terminal emulator (myself included). The reason I say this is that the terminator project moved to GitHub in 2020, but since then [has languished](https://github.com/gnome-terminator/terminator) with little development. You can attempt to see if the EPEL will build it. Instructions for that are here: [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/) It looks, though that, like me, you may have to move to a new terminal emulator on 10.

I’ll update the instructions with a hold for now.

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**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:** [November 12, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/3 "2025-11-12T15:35:58Z")

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I’ve been using Tabby for a long time now as a replacement to Terminator: [GitHub - Eugeny/tabby: A terminal for a more modern age](https://github.com/eugeny/tabby)

You can also use tmux and make split window consoles like Terminator.

Split screens with Tabby:

 ![Screenshot from 2025-11-12 16-38-12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/d/d3b7ff54058e4ecd57a4e8b924675c70ff220579.png)

Split screens with tmux:

 ![Screenshot from 2025-11-12 16-38-16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/1/1650d698e58f57bc01484d43f504fc941a83f1f9.png)

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**Author:** ![0x0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/6bbea6/32.png) [@0x0](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/0x0)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/4 "2025-11-12T21:41:01Z")

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Hi @sspencerwire , thanks for information. I just looked at terminator gituhub , last commit was 2 months ago and also koji has built packages also around that time. At least is not stalled and could probably be built localy…

BR

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**Author:** ![0x0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/6bbea6/32.png) [@0x0](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/0x0)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/5 "2025-11-12T21:45:53Z")

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Thanks @iwalker , Tabby seems that it could fit as replacement, filled with options.  
Will check it out, tnx for info.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/documentation-installing-the-terminator-terminal-emulator/19877/6 "2026-01-11T21:46:40Z")

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