How To Install mgetty on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty on Fedora 34.
What is mgetty
The mgetty package contains a “smart” getty which allows logins over a serial line (i.e., through a modem). If you’re using a Class 2 or 2.0 modem, mgetty can receive faxes. If you also need to send faxes, you’ll need to install the sendfax program. If you’ll be dialing in to your system using a modem, you should install the mgetty package. If you’d like to send faxes using mgetty and your modem, you’ll need to install the mgetty-sendfax program. If you need a viewer for faxes, you’ll also need to install the mgetty-viewfax package.
We can use yum or dnf to install mgetty on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mgetty.
Install mgetty 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 mgetty using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mgetty
Install mgetty 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 mgetty using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mgetty
How To Uninstall mgetty on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mgetty package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mgetty
mgetty Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/logrotate.d/mgetty
/etc/mgetty+sendfax
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/dialin.config
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config
/usr/bin/g32pbm
/usr/bin/g3cat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/3eb42d84a2db34763092e76a87bacd33fc28ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/92a3862360183ca1f3a6e08aace967477b28a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/38eb0744b4cf6d444ffeac83f051c313520bd1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/b210ac1b246550b79a3e0284a06371bac7270d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/callback
/usr/sbin/mgetty
/usr/share/doc/mgetty
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/README.1st
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/Recommend
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/modems.db
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/answer_fax.sh
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/coverpg-pl.ps
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/coverpg.pbm
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/coverpg.ps
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/fax
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/faxmemo
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/faxview.th
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.NeXT
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/README
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/archive.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/delete.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/fax.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/faxlist
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/faxlist.dist
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/list.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/mail.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/new_fax
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/notify.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/print.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.all/write.module
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.hpa
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.lj
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.mail
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.mime1
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.mime3
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.mime4
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.pbm
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.th
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.tiff
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.tiff.bug_63843
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/new_fax.vacation
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/printfax
/usr/share/doc/mgetty/samples/printfax.ps
/usr/share/info/mgetty.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/mgetty
/usr/share/licenses/mgetty/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/g32pbm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/g3cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man4/mgettydefs.4.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/callback.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mgetty.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.