How To Install hfd-service-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hfd-service-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hfd-service-tools
hfd-service-tools is:
Human feedback device service is a Dbus activated service that manages human feedback devices such as LEDs and vibrators on mobile devices.
This package contains tools for accessing the HFD service.
There are three methods to install hfd-service-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hfd-service-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hfd-service-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hfd-service-tools
Install hfd-service-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hfd-service-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hfd-service-tools
Install hfd-service-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hfd-service-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hfd-service-tools
How To Uninstall hfd-service-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hfd-service-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hfd-service-tools
Uninstall hfd-service-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hfd-service-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hfd-service-tools
Remove hfd-service-tools Configurations and Data
To remove hfd-service-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hfd-service-tools
Remove hfd-service-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hfd-service-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hfd-service-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hfd-service-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
