How To Install gnokii on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii on Rocky Linux 8. gnokii is Linux/Unix tool suite for various mobile phones

Introduction

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

What is `gnokii`

Gnokii provides tools and a user space driver for use with mobile phones under Linux, various unices and Win32. With gnokii you can do such things as make data calls, update your address book, change calendar entries, send and receive SMS messages and load ring tones depending on the phone you have.

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

Install gnokii 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 gnokii using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnokii

Install gnokii 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 gnokii using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnokii

How To Uninstall gnokii on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gnokii

gnokii Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/gnokiirc
/usr/bin/gnokii
/usr/bin/gnokiid
/usr/bin/sendsms
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/4ba97cca17a084d302399232d15da737765553
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/fa9509744c88b1ffd536875459cc14ede79c96
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/1b7a1d56f3457085ffad660674ce971f0f969f
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/8509112395f66389a72078344f8258f9c67d5c
/usr/lib64/libgnokii.so.7
/usr/lib64/libgnokii.so.7.0.0
/usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
/usr/share/doc/gnokii
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/Bugs
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/CodingStyle
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/DataCalls-QuickStart
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/KNOWN_BUGS
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-2110
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-3810
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-6110
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-6510
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-7110
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-DKU2
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-MacOSX
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-PCSC
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-Symbian
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-WINDOWS
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-dancall
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-ericsson
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README-siemens
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/README.libsms
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/TODO
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/gettext-howto
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/gnokii-IrDA-Linux
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/gnokii-hackers-howto
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/gnokii-ir-howto
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/gnokii.nol
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/logos.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/dancall.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/gnokiid-at.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk2110.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk3110.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk6110.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk6160.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk6185.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk640.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk6510.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nk7110.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/protocol/nokia.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/ringtones.txt
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/45-nokiadku2.rules
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/gnokiirc
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/bronto.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/gnokii.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/gnokiiop.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/horse.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/horse2.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/logo/pacman.xpm
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/magic
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/cimd-connect
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/options
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/pap-secrets
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/ppp-6210-modem
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/ppp-FILES
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/ppp-gnokii
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/ppp-hscsd
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ppp/ppp-on
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ringtone
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ringtone/star.imelody
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/ringtone/star.rtttl
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/vCalendar
/usr/share/doc/gnokii/sample/vCalendar/test.vcs
/usr/share/licenses/gnokii
/usr/share/licenses/gnokii/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/gnokii/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnokii.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gnokii.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sendsms.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gnokiid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mgnokiidev.8.gz

References

gnokii website

Summary

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