How To Install mmsd-tng on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmsd-tng in Fedora 36. mmsd-tng is Multimedia Messaging Service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmsd-tng on Fedora 36.

What is `mmsd-tng`

mmsd is a lower level daemon that transmits and recieves MMSes. It works with both the ofono stack and the Modem Manager stack. Please note that mmsd alone will not get MMS working! It is designed to work with a higher level chat application to facilitate fetching and sending MMS. It interfaces with other applications via the dbus.

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

Install mmsd-tng 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 mmsd-tng using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mmsd-tng

Install mmsd-tng 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 mmsd-tng using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mmsd-tng

How To Uninstall mmsd-tng on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mmsd-tng package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mmsd-tng

mmsd-tng Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/mmsdtng
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/fe86d57c27aea9960ca3700d3c482d623a703c
/usr/lib/systemd/user/mmsd-tng.service
/usr/share/doc/mmsd-tng
/usr/share/doc/mmsd-tng/README
/usr/share/licenses/mmsd-tng
/usr/share/licenses/mmsd-tng/COPYING

References

mmsd-tng website

Summary

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