How To Install picocom on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install picocom in AlmaLinux 8. picocom is Minimal serial communications program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picocom on AlmaLinux 8.

What is picocom

As its name suggests, [picocom] is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle, very much like minicom, only it’s “pico” instead of “mini”! It was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech “terminal-window” to allow operator intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows “open terminal window before / after dialing” feature). It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal (less than 20K, when stripped).

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

Install picocom on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install picocom

Install picocom on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install picocom

How To Uninstall picocom on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove picocom

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install picocom on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.