How To Install gnokii-smsd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii-smsd on Rocky Linux 8. gnokii-smsd is Gnokii SMS daemon

Introduction

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

What is `gnokii-smsd`

The Gnokii SMS daemon receives and sends SMS messages.

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

Install gnokii-smsd 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-smsd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnokii-smsd

Install gnokii-smsd 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-smsd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnokii-smsd

How To Uninstall gnokii-smsd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gnokii-smsd

gnokii-smsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/gnokii-smsd
/etc/sysconfig/gnokii-smsd
/usr/bin/gnokii-smsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/6ecffc06f77e61a92b41cac579e6f06c1ad2ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/902489f243a38983fe7ba8dca9714c8d23be43
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gnokii-smsd.service
/usr/lib64/smsd
/usr/lib64/smsd/libsmsd_file.so
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd/README
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd/README.smsd2mail
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd/action
/usr/share/doc/gnokii-smsd/smsd2mail.sh
/usr/share/man/man8/gnokii-smsd.8.gz

References

gnokii-smsd website

Summary

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