How To Install minicom on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install minicom on Rocky Linux 8. minicom is A text-based modem control and terminal emulation program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install minicom on Rocky Linux 8.

What is minicom

Minicom is a simple text-based modem control and terminal emulation program somewhat similar to MSDOS Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features.

We can use yum or dnf to install minicom on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install minicom.

Install minicom on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install minicom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install minicom

Install minicom on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install minicom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install minicom

How To Uninstall minicom on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the minicom package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove minicom

minicom Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ascii-xfr
/usr/bin/minicom
/usr/bin/runscript
/usr/bin/xminicom
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/163d58f04e00a15d5ed1cb4970b8cccb5e1896
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/26e44dc738f69be295cea6593bab6310edbdc3
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/ca0dbadf13779a768f36af57c50716a869b191
/usr/share/doc/minicom
/usr/share/doc/minicom/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Announce-1.78
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Announce-1.82
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Announce-1.82.1
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Announce-1.83
/usr/share/doc/minicom/COMPATABILITY.lrzsz
/usr/share/doc/minicom/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/minicom/ChangeLog.old
/usr/share/doc/minicom/HistSearch
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Locales
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Macros
/usr/share/doc/minicom/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/minicom/QuickStart.modemu
/usr/share/doc/minicom/README.lrzsz
/usr/share/doc/minicom/TODO
/usr/share/doc/minicom/TODO.lrzsz
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Todo
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Todo.175
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Todo.Irix.dif
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Todo.emacskey.dif
/usr/share/doc/minicom/Todo.fsel
/usr/share/doc/minicom/copyright.modemu
/usr/share/doc/minicom/fselector.txt
/usr/share/doc/minicom/japanese
/usr/share/doc/minicom/minicom.FAQ
/usr/share/doc/minicom/minirc.dfl
/usr/share/doc/minicom/modemu.README
/usr/share/doc/minicom/pl-translation.txt
/usr/share/doc/minicom/portugues-brasil
/usr/share/doc/minicom/suomeksi
/usr/share/licenses/minicom
/usr/share/licenses/minicom/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/ascii-xfr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/minicom.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/runscript.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xminicom.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install minicom on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.