How to install chatty on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL
A chatty TTY
Availability
| Distro | aarch64 | noarch | x86_64 | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 9 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 8 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 7 | — | — | ✓ | 1.0.0 |
| RHEL 6 | — | — | ✓ | 0.1 |
Description
chatty displays chatty messages in the title bar of your tty according to your input strings
Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
Install
chatty on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7
sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm sudo yum -y install chatty
chatty on CentOS / RHEL 6
sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo yum -y install chatty
Package downloads require an active GetPageSpeed subscription — one repository for chatty and 3,000+ more packages across every maintained Enterprise Linux release.
Subscribe — from $10/moFrequently asked questions
How do I install chatty on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?
Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install chatty (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.
Which Enterprise Linux versions is chatty available for?
chatty is available for RHEL 6, 7 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.
Is chatty compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?
Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.