How To Install isdnactivecards on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install isdnactivecards on Ubuntu 20.04. isdnactivecards is ISDN utilities - active ISDN card support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isdnactivecards on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is isdnactivecards

isdnactivecards is:

This package provides firmware-loading utilities for active ISDN cards (the Eicon, Eicon Diva, IBM Active 2000, ICN, or PCBIT-D cards).

The firmware files are not part of the package, they have been removed to comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

There are three methods to install isdnactivecards on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install isdnactivecards Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install isdnactivecards

Install isdnactivecards Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install isdnactivecards

Install isdnactivecards 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 isdnactivecards using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isdnactivecards

How To Uninstall isdnactivecards on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove isdnactivecards

Uninstall isdnactivecards And Its Dependencies

To uninstall isdnactivecards and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isdnactivecards

Remove isdnactivecards Configurations and Data

To remove isdnactivecards configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge isdnactivecards

Remove isdnactivecards configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isdnactivecards

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install isdnactivecards package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.