How To Install osmo-hlr on Debian 12

Learn how to install osmo-hlr on Debian 12 with this tutorial. osmo-hlr is Osmocom Home Location Register

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-hlr on Debian 12.

What is osmo-hlr

osmo-hlr is:

OsmoHLR is a Osmocom implementation of HLR (Home Location Registrar) which works over GSUP protocol. The subscribers are store in sqlite DB. It supports both 2G and 3G authentication.

There are three methods to install osmo-hlr on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install osmo-hlr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmo-hlr

Install osmo-hlr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmo-hlr

Install osmo-hlr 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 osmo-hlr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmo-hlr

How To Uninstall osmo-hlr on Debian 12

To uninstall only the osmo-hlr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmo-hlr

Uninstall osmo-hlr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osmo-hlr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-hlr

Remove osmo-hlr Configurations and Data

To remove osmo-hlr configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-hlr

Remove osmo-hlr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-hlr

Dependencies

osmo-hlr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-hlr package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.