How To Install ofono on Debian 10

Learn how to install ofono on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ofono is Mobile telephony stack (daemon)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ofono on Debian 10.

What is ofono

ofono is:

oFono is a stack for mobile telephony devices on Linux. oFono supports speaking to telephony devices through specific drivers, or with generic AT commands.

oFono also includes a low-level plug-in API for integrating with other telephony stacks, cellular modems and storage back-ends. The plug-in API functionality is modeled on public standards, in particular 3GPP TS 27.007 “AT command set for User Equipment (UE).”

This package includes the core daemon.

There are three methods to install ofono on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ofono Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ofono

Install ofono Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ofono

Install ofono 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 ofono using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ofono

How To Uninstall ofono on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ofono

Uninstall ofono And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ofono and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ofono

Remove ofono Configurations and Data

To remove ofono configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ofono

Remove ofono configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ofono

Dependencies

ofono have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ofono package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.