Depending on if you prefer to use the graphical installer called rpmdrake or if you instead prefer to use a terminal-window and what Desktop Enviroment you're using, this is how you download and install minicom.
Graphical installation using rpmdrake
If you're in GNOME, do:
Click on Program-menu on the top left corner, then go to Tools, then to Systemtools and click Mageia Control Center
when prompted to type a password, type in your userpassword and press Enter, then click "Add and remove programs".
Then type minicom in the searchfield on the right and press Enter/Return/Execute-button to confirm that you're searching for minicom.
Now you should get a list with possible packages to install.
Tick the box for minicom for the arch that you're using.
Now press Apply-button & click Yes-button on the prompt & wait til you're back at the search again with no hits, that means that minicom is downloaded and installed.
If you're in KDE4:
Click on Start-menu on the bottom left corner.
Go to Tools, then to Systemtools and click Mageia Control Center.
When prompted with a window that ask you to type a password, type in your user-password and press Enter, then in the new window that pops up you click "Add and remove programs".
Make sure that the left dropdown-menu is set to All.
Then type minicom in the searchfield on the right and press Enter/Return/Execute.
Tick the box for minicom for equivalent arch that you're using.
Now press Apply-button and then click Yes-button on the prompt and wait til' you're back at the search, but you'll see no no hits. That means that minicom is downloaded and installed.
Terminal and text-based installation using URPMI
Here's how to open a terminal-window
If you're in GNOME: ==
Open Program-menu on the top left corner
Then go to Tools and then look further down and you'll see Terminal, click that.
At the prompt, you type:
su -
Press Enter/Return/Execute-button The password to type is the one you gave root at the end of the Mageia-installation. NOTE that your password won't be shown, but you may continue typing and then confirm by pressing Enter/Return/Execute-button once more. If your password is written properly you should see this:
[root@localhost ~]#
If you're in KDE4:
Click Start-menu at the bottom lefter corner.
Then go to Tools and then look further down and you'll see Terminal, click that.
At the prompt type:
su -
Press Enter/Return/Execute-button The password to type is the one you gave root at the end of the Mageia-installation. NOTE that your password won't be shown, but you may continue typing and then confirm by pressing Enter/Return/Execute-button once more. If your password is writting properly you should see this:
[root@localhost ~]#
Now type:
urpmi minicom --auto
Confirm by pressing Enter/Return/Execute-button and then wait til you see a new row showing:
[root@localhost ~]#
That means it's installed. Now you can exit your Terminal-session & start using it.
