How To Install osmocom-gbproxy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-gbproxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is osmocom-gbproxy
osmocom-gbproxy is:
The purpose of the Gb proxy is to aggregate the Gb links of multiple BSS’s and present them in one Gb link to the SGSN.
This package is part of OpenBSC and closely related to osmocom-sgsn.
There are three methods to install osmocom-gbproxy 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 osmocom-gbproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-gbproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osmocom-gbproxy
Install osmocom-gbproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-gbproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osmocom-gbproxy
Install osmocom-gbproxy 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 osmocom-gbproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osmocom-gbproxy
How To Uninstall osmocom-gbproxy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the osmocom-gbproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osmocom-gbproxy
Uninstall osmocom-gbproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osmocom-gbproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmocom-gbproxy
Remove osmocom-gbproxy Configurations and Data
To remove osmocom-gbproxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osmocom-gbproxy
Remove osmocom-gbproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osmocom-gbproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmocom-gbproxy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-gbproxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
