How To Install d-rats on Debian 10

Learn how to install d-rats on Debian 10 with this tutorial. d-rats is Communications tool for D-STAR amateur radio

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install d-rats on Debian 10.

What is d-rats

d-rats is:

D-RATS is a communications tool for D-STAR amateur radio low-speed data (DV mode). It provides: Multi-user chat capabilities; File transfers Structured data transport (forms); and Position tracking and mapping.

There are three methods to install d-rats on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install d-rats Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install d-rats using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install d-rats

Install d-rats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install d-rats using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install d-rats

Install d-rats 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 d-rats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install d-rats

How To Uninstall d-rats on Debian 10

To uninstall only the d-rats package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove d-rats

Uninstall d-rats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall d-rats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove d-rats

Remove d-rats Configurations and Data

To remove d-rats configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge d-rats

Remove d-rats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove d-rats configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge d-rats

Dependencies

d-rats have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install d-rats package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.