How To Install calls on Fedora 34

calls is A phone dialer and call handler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calls on Fedora 34.

What is `calls`

A phone dialer and call handler.

We can use yum or dnf to install calls on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install calls.

Install calls 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 calls using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install calls

Install calls 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 calls using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install calls

How To Uninstall calls on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove calls

calls Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/autostart/sm.puri.Calls-daemon.desktop
/usr/bin/gnome-calls
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/21a6022b50c6944bc626922bddf044f5e5d2d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/11d03bf277a821aef2625e5eff87a44bd44652
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/aa0c633b81b3ab248688605f989bd3f95ca1a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/dbba0044243cbce6aebfb2c385d22132f8a36c
/usr/lib64/calls
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/dummy
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/dummy/dummy.plugin
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/dummy/libdummy.so
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/mm
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/mm/libmm.so
/usr/lib64/calls/plugins/mm/mm.plugin
/usr/share/applications/sm.puri.Calls.desktop
/usr/share/doc/calls
/usr/share/doc/calls/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/sm.puri.Calls.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/sm.puri.Calls-symbolic.svg
/usr/share/licenses/calls
/usr/share/licenses/calls/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/calls.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/sm.puri.Calls.metainfo.xml

References

calls website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calls on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.