minicom-2.10

Introduction to minicom

The minicom package provides a serial communication program.

Install minicom by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install

Installed Programs: ascii-xfr, minicom, runscript, and xminicom

Installed Libraries: None

Installed Directories: None

ascii-xfr	transfers files using the ASCII character set
minicom	is the serial communication program
runscript	is a script interpreter for minicom
xminicom	is a script wrapper around minicom which runs minicom with color support if a compatible X11 terminal emulator is present