Information about the package, minicom, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The minicom package is designed for, A text-based modem control and terminal emulation program.
Package Name:
minicom
Summary:
A text-based modem control and terminal emulation program
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3
Release:
8.el6
Size:
246 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the minicom package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install minicom
This command will install minicom on the server.
yum remove minicom
This command will un-install minicom on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove minicom, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove minicom
This command will un-install minicom on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove minicom when using the -y flag.
yum update minicom
This command will update minicom to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove minicom, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update minicom
This command will update minicom to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove minicom when using the -y flag.
yum info minicom
This command will show you core information about the minicom package.
yum deplist minicom
This command will show you the dependencies for minicom. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update minicom
This command will check if there is an update waiting on minicom. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.