How To Install gsmsiexfer on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install gsm-utils

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install gsm-utils

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is gsmsiexfer and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install gsmsiexfer on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install gsmsiexfer on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install gsmsiexfer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gsm-utils

Install gsmsiexfer on CentOS 8 using yum

Because gsmsiexfer is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install gsmsiexfer package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gsm-utils

How to upgrade (update) a single package gsmsiexfer using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like gsmsiexfer in this example you should use the following command:

yum update gsm-utils

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade gsm-utils

How to Upgrade gsmsiexfer on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update gsm-utils

How To remove gsmsiexfer from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gsmsiexfer package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove gsm-utils

Extra info and code examples

Some simple command line programs to access a GSM mobile phone via GSM modem or IrDA. Functions include: modification of phone books and reading, writing, sending and receiving SMS messages. Uses the GSM standards ETSI GSM 07.07, ETSI GSM 07.05, and others.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install gsmsiexfer using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the gsmsiexfer from CentOS 8.

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