How To Install bluez-meshd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-meshd
on Debian 12.
What is bluez-meshd
bluez-meshd is:
The Bluetooth Mesh network is a new Bluetooth feature that extends “Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)”.
This package provides daemon (meshd) and tools that provide Bluetooth mesh functionality.
BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
There are three methods to install bluez-meshd
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bluez-meshd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-meshd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluez-meshd
Install bluez-meshd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-meshd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluez-meshd
Install bluez-meshd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-meshd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluez-meshd
How To Uninstall bluez-meshd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bluez-meshd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluez-meshd
Uninstall bluez-meshd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluez-meshd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-meshd
Remove bluez-meshd Configurations and Data
To remove bluez-meshd
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-meshd
Remove bluez-meshd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluez-meshd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-meshd
Dependencies
bluez-meshd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-meshd
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.