How To Install minicom on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicom on CentOS 7.
What is minicom
Minicom is a simple text-based modem control and terminal emulation program somewhat similar to MSDOS Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features.
We can use yum or dnf to install minicom on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install minicom.
Install minicom on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install minicom using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install minicom
Install minicom 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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install minicom using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install minicom
How To Uninstall minicom on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the minicom package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove minicom
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minicom on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.