How To Install modem-cmd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-cmd
on Debian 9.
What is modem-cmd
modem-cmd is:
modem-cmd can be used to send arbitrary AT commands to a modem device over a serial line.
This means it can be used as a phone dialer:
$ modem-cmd /dev/ttyUSB0 ATDT123456
There are three methods to install modem-cmd
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 modem-cmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install modem-cmd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install modem-cmd
Install modem-cmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install modem-cmd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install modem-cmd
Install modem-cmd 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 modem-cmd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install modem-cmd
How To Uninstall modem-cmd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the modem-cmd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove modem-cmd
Uninstall modem-cmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall modem-cmd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove modem-cmd
Remove modem-cmd Configurations and Data
To remove modem-cmd
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge modem-cmd
Remove modem-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove modem-cmd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge modem-cmd
Dependencies
modem-cmd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-cmd
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.