How To Install mgetty on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty
on CentOS 7.
What is mgetty
The mgetty package contains a “smart” getty which allows logins over a serial line (i.e., through a modem). If you’re using a Class 2 or 2.0 modem, mgetty can receive faxes. If you also need to send faxes, you’ll need to install the sendfax program. If you’ll be dialing in to your system using a modem, you should install the mgetty package. If you’d like to send faxes using mgetty and your modem, you’ll need to install the mgetty-sendfax program. If you need a viewer for faxes, you’ll also need to install the mgetty-viewfax package.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mgetty
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mgetty.
Install mgetty on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install mgetty
using yum
by running the following command:
Install mgetty on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install mgetty
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall mgetty on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mgetty
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.