Screen on Centos 6
Chek the screen installation in your system:
which screen
If installation is not performed, install epel repository:
yum install epel-release
Install screen:
yum install screen
If you got the following error “Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again” just use this commands:
sudo sed -i "s/mirrorlist=https/mirrorlist=http/" /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo yum –y update
And try to install screen again.
When screen is installed, start new screen:
screen
Try to install some hard soft, cpanel for example:
cd /home wget -N http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/latest sh latest
Then press Ctrl+a+d. You will see the following inscription:
[detached]
Now your installation is continued in screen, and you can exit your putty session or start any other installation. Cpanel will still be installed.
You can chek your screen list by command:
screen ls
The next information will be appear:
There is a screen on: 22570.pts-2.server (Detached) 1 Socket in /var/run/screen/S-root.
If you want to connect to some scren:
screen -r 22570.pts-2.server
For exiting of current screen use this command :
exit
Screen has many different functions, for more detail information use:
screen –help