How To Install lirc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc on Debian 9. lirc is Infra-red remote control support - daemons and utils

Introduction

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

What is lirc

lirc is:

LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.

This package provides the daemons and some utilities to support infra-red remote controls under Linux.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lirc

Install lirc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lirc

Install lirc 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 lirc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lirc

How To Uninstall lirc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lirc

Uninstall lirc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lirc

Remove lirc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lirc

Remove lirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lirc

Dependencies

lirc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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