How To Install python-gammu on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-gammu on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-gammu is Python module to communicate with mobile phones (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gammu on Debian 10.

What is python-gammu

python-gammu is:

This provides gammu module, that can work with any phone Gammu supports - many Nokias, Siemens, Alcatel, …

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-gammu 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 python-gammu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-gammu

Install python-gammu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-gammu

Install python-gammu 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 python-gammu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-gammu

How To Uninstall python-gammu on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-gammu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-gammu

Uninstall python-gammu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gammu

Remove python-gammu Configurations and Data

To remove python-gammu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-gammu

Remove python-gammu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gammu

Dependencies

python-gammu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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