How To Install wammu on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wammu on CentOS 7.
What is wammu
Wammu is mobile phone manager running on Linux, Windows and possibly other platforms,where Gammu and wxPython works. It works with any phone that Gammu supports, including many models from Nokia, Siemens, and Alcatel. It has complete support (read, edit, delete, copy) for contacts, todo, and calendar. It can read, save, and send SMS. It includes an SMS composer for multi-part SMS messages, and it can display SMS messages that include pictures. Currently, only text and predefined bitmaps or sounds can be edited in the SMS composer. It can export messages to an IMAP4 server (or other email storage). This program does not support browsing files in phone, use gMobileMedia instead. Other features * sending files to phone (OBEX and Sony Ericsson phones only) * support for backup and import in various formats (vCard, iCalendar,…) * searching for phone * translated into several languages * rated as best on many software servers
We can use yum or dnf to install wammu on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wammu.
Install wammu on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install wammu using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wammu
Install wammu 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 wammu using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wammu
How To Uninstall wammu on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the wammu package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wammu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wammu on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.