How To Install ncid on Fedora 34
ncid is Network Caller ID server, client and gateways
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncid on Fedora 34.
What is ncid
NCID is Caller ID (CID) distributed over a network to a variety of devices and computers. NCID includes a server, gateways, a client, client output modules and command line tools. The NCID server obtains the Caller ID information from a modem, a serial or USB device and from gateways This package contains the server and command line tools. The gateways are in the ncid-gateways package. The client is in the ncid-client package.
We can use yum or dnf to install ncid on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncid.
Install ncid 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 ncid using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncid
Install ncid 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 ncid using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncid
How To Uninstall ncid on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ncid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncid
ncid Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/logrotate.d/ncid
/etc/ncid
/etc/ncid/ncidd.alias
/etc/ncid/ncidd.blacklist
/etc/ncid/ncidd.conf
/etc/ncid/ncidd.whitelist
/etc/ncid/ncidrotate.conf
/etc/ncid/rotatebysize.conf
/usr/bin/cidalias
/usr/bin/cidcall
/usr/bin/cidupdate
/usr/bin/ncid-setup
/usr/bin/ncidutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/d6514fdf707dbc7e73579e02865846d58f6968
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/96e4135d057aed2f22f2a40609a80c17ceeae9
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ncidd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-comet-usb-name.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-holtek-usb-name.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-modem-usb-name.rules
/usr/sbin/ncidd
/usr/share/doc/ncid
/usr/share/doc/ncid/NCID-API.md
/usr/share/doc/ncid/NCID-UserManual.md
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-Fedora
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-attic
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-docdir
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-extensions
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-lib
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-logrotate
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-mandir
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-server
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-tools
/usr/share/doc/ncid/README-udev
/usr/share/doc/ncid/ReleaseNotes.md
/usr/share/doc/ncid/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/FCCData.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/lcdncid.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncid-1.jpg
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncid-call.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncid-cover.jpg
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncid-sms-relay.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncid-sms-relay.svg
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncidandroid.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/nciddisplay.png
/usr/share/doc/ncid/images/ncidpop.jpg
/usr/share/doc/ncid/recordings/CallingDeposit.pvf
/usr/share/doc/ncid/recordings/CannotBeCompleted.pvf
/usr/share/doc/ncid/recordings/DisconnectedNotInService.pvf
/usr/share/doc/ncid/recordings/NotInService.pvf
/usr/share/doc/ncid/recordings/README-recordings
/usr/share/licenses/ncid
/usr/share/licenses/ncid/GPL.md
/usr/share/man/man1/cidalias.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cidcall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cidupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/get-areacodes-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/get-fcc-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-calls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-closed-skel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-combo-skel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-fakenum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-fcc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-message-skel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-nohangup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hangup-skel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncid-setup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncid-yearlog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncidrotate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ncidutil.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ncidd.alias.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ncidd.blacklist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ncidd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ncidd.whitelist.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ncidrotate.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rotatebysize.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ncid_extensions.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ncid_recordings.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ncid_tools.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ncidd.8.gz
/usr/share/ncid
/usr/share/ncid/extensions
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-calls
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-closed-skel
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-combo-skel
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-fakenum
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-fcc
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-message-skel
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-nohangup
/usr/share/ncid/extensions/hangup-skel
/usr/share/ncid/recordings
/usr/share/ncid/recordings/CallingDeposit.rmd
/usr/share/ncid/recordings/CannotBeCompleted.rmd
/usr/share/ncid/recordings/DisconnectedNotInService.rmd
/usr/share/ncid/recordings/NotInService.rmd
/usr/share/ncid/sys
/usr/share/ncid/sys/get-areacodes-list
/usr/share/ncid/sys/get-fcc-list
/usr/share/ncid/sys/ncid-yearlog
/usr/share/ncid/sys/ncidrotate
/usr/share/ncid/sys/udev-action
/usr/share/ncid/sys/udev-name
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncid on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.