How To Install fbb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fbb in Fedora 36. fbb is Packet radio mailbox and utilities

Introduction

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

What is `fbb`

F6FBB BBS software for bulletins and messages distribution via Packet Radio and wired networks.

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

Install fbb 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 fbb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fbb

Install fbb 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 fbb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fbb

How To Uninstall fbb on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fbb

fbb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ax25/fbb
/etc/ax25/fbb/bbs.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/cron.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/epurmess.ini
/etc/ax25/fbb/fbb.conf
/etc/ax25/fbb/fbbopt.conf
/etc/ax25/fbb/forward.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/fwd
/etc/ax25/fbb/fwd/amsat.fwd
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/english.ent
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/english.hlp
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/english.inf
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/english.txt
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/francais.ent
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/francais.hlp
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/francais.inf
/etc/ax25/fbb/lang/francais.txt
/etc/ax25/fbb/langue.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/passwd.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/port.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/protect.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/redist.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/reject.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/swapp.sys
/etc/ax25/fbb/themes.sys
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/136d26470dae77d03694c5f616879f2e65080f
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/0016fcdc439af2e74c3a67f17c6fabeeb72005
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/c8fb197fc305a720ac3b0153bf41908e10ca07
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/1c5812436618d8ed6cb7ce7e5080bd57c23351
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/6c25dffcb8bab79d0db1c30e6a0f9503fb017c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/f04f231d0034c8d30726a7f17c34d2a7a27847
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/df0e9da3da03225aafd85615e9cb33e2c6dfa7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/720c0a37c5311084ab1dab533b90e9c45a9857
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/1f339c9cdb422718abccc92155052e97682561
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/82d3dd6e82827891518acd043180cb4aae72a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/ae4749472f506cabb1e7c4b03f955c1f918ada
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fbb.service
/usr/lib64/fbb
/usr/lib64/fbb/filter
/usr/lib64/fbb/pg
/usr/lib64/fbb/script
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/end_session
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/error_return
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/maintenance
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/maintenance/20_epurmess
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/maintenance/20_epursat
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/maintenance/20_epurwp
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/rerun
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/reset
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/sig_segv
/usr/lib64/fbb/script/stop_system
/usr/lib64/fbb/server
/usr/lib64/fbb/server/reqdir
/usr/lib64/fbb/tool
/usr/lib64/fbb/tool/clr_user
/usr/lib64/fbb/tool/epurmess
/usr/lib64/fbb/tool/epurwp
/usr/lib64/fbb/tool/maintinf
/usr/sbin/ajoursat
/usr/sbin/fbb
/usr/sbin/fbbgetconf
/usr/sbin/satdoc
/usr/sbin/satupdat
/usr/sbin/xfbbC
/usr/sbin/xfbbd
/usr/share/doc/fbb
/usr/share/doc/fbb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fbb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/fbb/README
/usr/share/doc/fbb/fbb.conf.min.sample
/usr/share/doc/fbb/fbb.sh
/usr/share/licenses/fbb
/usr/share/licenses/fbb/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fbbgetconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fbb.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xfbbC.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xfbbd.8.gz
/var/lib/fbb
/var/lib/fbb/ERROR.SYS
/var/lib/fbb/binmail
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail0
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail1
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail2
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail3
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail4
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail5
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail6
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail7
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail8
/var/lib/fbb/binmail/mail9
/var/lib/fbb/dirmes.sys
/var/lib/fbb/docs
/var/lib/fbb/etat.sys
/var/lib/fbb/fbbdos
/var/lib/fbb/fbbdos/readonly
/var/lib/fbb/fbbdos/yapp
/var/lib/fbb/heard.bin
/var/lib/fbb/inf.sys
/var/lib/fbb/log
/var/lib/fbb/mail
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail0
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail1
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail2
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail3
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail4
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail5
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail6
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail7
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail8
/var/lib/fbb/mail/mail9
/var/lib/fbb/oldmail
/var/lib/fbb/sat
/var/lib/fbb/sat/satel.dat
/var/lib/fbb/statis.dat
/var/lib/fbb/themes.dat
/var/lib/fbb/tpstat.sys
/var/lib/fbb/wfbid.sys
/var/lib/fbb/wp
/var/lib/fbb/wp/wp.sys

References

fbb website

Summary

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