How To Install gmobilemedia on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmobilemedia on Debian 9. gmobilemedia is GTK+ application used to browse a mobile phone filesystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmobilemedia on Debian 9.

What is gmobilemedia

gmobilemedia is:

gMobileMedia is a simple GTK+ application used to browse and handle a mobile phone filesystem. It can handle phones with more than one memory area (thanks to Gammu). It lets you easily upload and download images, ringtones, photos, and applications to/from your mobile phone. All you need is a data cable or any other connection method supported by Gammu.

There are three methods to install gmobilemedia 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 gmobilemedia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmobilemedia

Install gmobilemedia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gmobilemedia using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gmobilemedia

Install gmobilemedia 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 gmobilemedia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmobilemedia

How To Uninstall gmobilemedia on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gmobilemedia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmobilemedia

Uninstall gmobilemedia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmobilemedia

Remove gmobilemedia Configurations and Data

To remove gmobilemedia configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmobilemedia

Remove gmobilemedia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmobilemedia

Dependencies

gmobilemedia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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