How To Install fso-frameworkd on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-frameworkd on Debian 9. fso-frameworkd is freesmartphone.org Framework Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-frameworkd on Debian 9.

What is fso-frameworkd

fso-frameworkd is:

This package provides the backend daemon of the freesmartphone.org software stack. It provides all telephone related features, such as accepting and making calls, receiving and sending SMS and other hardware specifics via a D-Bus interface to the user interface programs.

This package is part of the freesmartphone.org software stack and it is targeted for smartphones. It contains the legacy Python implementation of the freesmartphone.org software stack, but is still required for some services, which have not been rewritten in vala (e.g. the PIM service).

There are three methods to install fso-frameworkd on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fso-frameworkd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fso-frameworkd

Install fso-frameworkd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fso-frameworkd

Install fso-frameworkd 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 fso-frameworkd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fso-frameworkd

How To Uninstall fso-frameworkd on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fso-frameworkd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fso-frameworkd

Uninstall fso-frameworkd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fso-frameworkd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fso-frameworkd

Remove fso-frameworkd Configurations and Data

To remove fso-frameworkd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fso-frameworkd

Remove fso-frameworkd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fso-frameworkd

Dependencies

fso-frameworkd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fso-frameworkd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.