How To Install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta on Ubuntu 20.04. oem-somerville-caterpie-meta is hardware support for Somerville Caterpie platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

oem-somerville-caterpie-meta is:

This is a metapackage for Somerville Caterpie platform. It installs packages needed to support this hardware fully. Modaliases: meta(pci:sv00001028sd0000094F) Ubuntu-Oem-Kernel-Flavour: oem

There are three methods to install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta 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 oem-somerville-caterpie-meta Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

Install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

Install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta 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 oem-somerville-caterpie-meta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

How To Uninstall oem-somerville-caterpie-meta on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the oem-somerville-caterpie-meta package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

Uninstall oem-somerville-caterpie-meta And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oem-somerville-caterpie-meta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

Remove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta Configurations and Data

To remove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

Remove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove oem-somerville-caterpie-meta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oem-somerville-caterpie-meta

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Summary

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