How To Install cu on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cu in Fedora 36. cu is call up another system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cu on Fedora 36.

What is `cu`

The cu command is used to call up another system and act as a dial-in terminal (mostly on a serial line). It can also do simple file transfers with no error checking. cu is part of the UUCP source but has been split into its own package because it can be useful even if you do not do uucp.

We can use yum or dnf to install cu on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cu.

Install cu on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cu

Install cu on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cu

How To Uninstall cu on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cu

cu Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cu
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/a64ebbdc74e0c0db4d5e40e3ab4bf64f8c42d1
/usr/share/doc/cu
/usr/share/doc/cu/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cu/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cu/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cu/README
/usr/share/doc/cu/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/cu.1.gz

References

cu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cu on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).