How to Install and Uninstall uucp Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "uucp" package

This is a short guide on how to install uucp on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                uucp
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "uucp" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall uucp on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                uucp
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the uucp package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package uucp:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : uucp
Version : 1.07-7.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.5 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : uucp-1.07-7.1.src
Upstream URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/uucp/
Summary : Taylor Unix-to-Unix copy
Description :
Ian Taylor's Unix to Unix copy: mail and news over modem lines. This is
the standard UUCP package from the Free Software Foundation. It is
configured to use HoneyDanBer or Taylor configuration files. With
version 6.0 of SuSE Linux, the configuration directory has been moved
to /etc/uucp.
Exactly:
Taylor config: /etc/uucp
HoneyDanBer config: /etc/uucp/hdb_config
If you have your own setup under {_localstatedir}/lib/uucp, please
%move it to /etc/uucp.
Example configurations can be found in /usr/share/doc/packages/uucp.
We did not include a uucp guest account. If you want to create a guest
account, make sure the directory /var/spool/uucppublic exists.