How To Install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8. ckermit is The quintessential all-purpose communications program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ckermit

C-Kermit is a combined serial and network communication software package offering a consistent, medium-independent, cross-platform approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file transfer and management, character-set translation, and automation of communication tasks.

We can use yum or dnf to install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ckermit.

Install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ckermit

Install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ckermit

How To Uninstall ckermit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ckermit

ckermit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/kermit
/etc/kermit/ckermit.ini
/etc/kermit/ckermit.local.ini
/etc/kermit/ckermit.locale.ini
/etc/kermit/ckermit.modem.ini
/etc/kermit/ckermit.phone
/usr/bin/kermit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/32d8cdfe240dceefb0223c3ef28021c979ea9f
/usr/share/doc/ckermit
/usr/share/doc/ckermit/README.fedora
/usr/share/doc/ckermit/ckc302.txt
/usr/share/licenses/ckermit
/usr/share/licenses/ckermit/COPYING.TXT
/usr/share/man/man1/kermit.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckermit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.