Download minicom for ubuntu

Minicom is a text-based serial port communications program.

How to use minicom in ubuntu

How to use minicom in ubuntu

Minicom commands

Unable to locate package minicom

Minicom: cannot open /dev/modem: no such file or directory

Minicom example

It is used to talk to external RS-232 devices such as mobile phones, routers, and serial console ports.

Install the program with:

sudo apt-get install minicom

Alternatively, you can get Minicom via the Synaptic Package Manager.

In order to find the name of your port(s) enter this command in terminal:

dmesg | grep tty

If it is a direct serial connection, the output will be something like this:

[ 22.587279] console [tty0] enabled [ 24.186230] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 24.186860] 00:08: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [ 51.598012] audit(1243322582.732:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" name="/dev/tty" pid=5705 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"

For a USB-to-Serial adapter, one may see:

[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled [ 5.065029] usb 4-3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

What we are interested in is the name of the serial port.

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