How To Install gkermit on Fedora 34

gkermit is A utility for transferring files using the Kermit protocol

Introduction

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

What is gkermit

G-Kermit is a utility for file transfer using the Kermit protocol, supporting text and binary transfers on 7-bit and 8-bit connections. It is most useful as a remote endpoint; for a more fully-featured Kermit program, use the ckermit package.

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

Install gkermit 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 gkermit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gkermit

Install gkermit 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 gkermit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gkermit

How To Uninstall gkermit on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gkermit

gkermit Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/gkermit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/fda7ea2188adbfde94ee2d3d9015972c91bba6
/usr/share/doc/gkermit
/usr/share/doc/gkermit/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/gkermit/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gkermit/README
/usr/share/man/man1/gkermit.1.gz

References

Summary

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