How To Install nullmodem on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nullmodem on Fedora 34.
What is nullmodem
nullmodem creates a virtual network of pseudo-terminals. It can be used as an adapter to connect two programs that normally need serial interface cards.
We can use yum or dnf to install nullmodem on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nullmodem.
Install nullmodem on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nullmodem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nullmodem
Install nullmodem on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nullmodem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nullmodem
How To Uninstall nullmodem on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the nullmodem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nullmodem
nullmodem Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/nullmodem
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/7dd8df517f7086c7bc2eb5c604b7769283e3bc
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/README
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/TODO
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/how.fig
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/how.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/index.xml
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/man_nullmodem.html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/down32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/email32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/home32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/up32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/valid-xhtml11.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/schema.fig
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/schema.png
/usr/share/man/man1/nullmodem.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nullmodem on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
