How To Install omhacks on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install omhacks on Ubuntu 18.04. omhacks is command line interface to OpenMoko hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install omhacks on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is omhacks

omhacks is:

Command line interface to libomhacks functions.

This package provides an “om” command line tool to control various aspects of an OpenMoko phone.

This has only been tested on the FreeRunner.

There are three methods to install omhacks on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install omhacks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install omhacks

Install omhacks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install omhacks

Install omhacks 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 omhacks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install omhacks

How To Uninstall omhacks on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove omhacks

Uninstall omhacks And Its Dependencies

To uninstall omhacks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove omhacks

Remove omhacks Configurations and Data

To remove omhacks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge omhacks

Remove omhacks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge omhacks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install omhacks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.