How To Install nextepc-core on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextepc-core
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nextepc-core
nextepc-core is:
NextEPC is a C-language Open Source implementation of the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core, i.e. the core network of an LTE network.
This package contains some core libraries/plugins required by the other binary packages such as nextepc-{mme,sgw,pgw,pcrf,hss}.
There are three methods to install nextepc-core
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 nextepc-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nextepc-core
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nextepc-core
Install nextepc-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nextepc-core
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nextepc-core
Install nextepc-core 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 nextepc-core
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nextepc-core
How To Uninstall nextepc-core on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nextepc-core
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nextepc-core
Uninstall nextepc-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nextepc-core
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nextepc-core
Remove nextepc-core Configurations and Data
To remove nextepc-core
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nextepc-core
Remove nextepc-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nextepc-core
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nextepc-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nextepc-core
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.