How To Install libasedrive-serial on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasedrive-serial on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libasedrive-serial
libasedrive-serial is:
This package provides a PC/SC IFD handler bundle for the Athena ASEDrive IIIe serial smart card readers. This driver is necessary to use one of these devices with the PC/SC Lite resource manager (pcscd).
There are three methods to install libasedrive-serial 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 libasedrive-serial Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libasedrive-serial using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasedrive-serial
Install libasedrive-serial Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasedrive-serial using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasedrive-serial
Install libasedrive-serial 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 libasedrive-serial using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasedrive-serial
How To Uninstall libasedrive-serial on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libasedrive-serial package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasedrive-serial
Uninstall libasedrive-serial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasedrive-serial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasedrive-serial
Remove libasedrive-serial Configurations and Data
To remove libasedrive-serial configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasedrive-serial
Remove libasedrive-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasedrive-serial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasedrive-serial
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasedrive-serial package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
