How To Install wvdial on Fedora 34

wvdial is A heuristic autodialer for PPP connections

Introduction

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

What is wvdial

WvDial automatically locates and configures modems and can log into almost any ISP’s server without special configuration. You need to input the username, password, and phone number, and then WvDial will negotiate the PPP connection using any mechanism needed.

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

Install wvdial 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 wvdial using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wvdial

Install wvdial 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 wvdial using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wvdial

How To Uninstall wvdial on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wvdial

wvdial Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ppp/peers/wvdial
/etc/wvdial.conf
/usr/bin/wvdial
/usr/bin/wvdialconf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/709667320cfd6350a6d9cd77b0b576fc1bb9c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/733fb15e5c330338e5cccaf275aa578ba002de
/usr/share/doc/wvdial
/usr/share/doc/wvdial/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/wvdial/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/wvdial/README
/usr/share/doc/wvdial/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/wvdial
/usr/share/licenses/wvdial/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/wvdial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvdialconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/wvdial.conf.5.gz

References

Summary

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