How To Install nullmodem on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nullmodem in Fedora 36. nullmodem is A utility to loopback pseudo-terminals

Introduction

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

What is nullmodem

nullmodem creates a virtual network of pseudo-terminals. It can be used as an adapter to connect two programs that normally need serial interface cards.

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

Install nullmodem 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 nullmodem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nullmodem

Install nullmodem 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 nullmodem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nullmodem

How To Uninstall nullmodem on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nullmodem

nullmodem Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nullmodem
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/9f0b7a27bc326aa9d88cb05fa6df9d0a22492a
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/README
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/TODO
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/how.fig
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/how.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/index.xml
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/man_nullmodem.html
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile.am
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/Makefile.in
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/down32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/email32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/home32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/up32.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/pics/valid-xhtml11.png
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/schema.fig
/usr/share/doc/nullmodem/html/schema.png
/usr/share/man/man1/nullmodem.1.gz

References

Summary

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