How To Install tinyos-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyos-tools on Debian 10.
What is tinyos-tools
tinyos-tools is:
TinyOS is an open source, BSD-licensed operating system designed for low-power wireless devices, such as those used in sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, personal area networks, smart buildings, and smart meters.
This package contains the development tools for TinyOS.
There are three methods to install tinyos-tools 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 tinyos-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyos-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinyos-tools
Install tinyos-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyos-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinyos-tools
Install tinyos-tools 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 tinyos-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinyos-tools
How To Uninstall tinyos-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tinyos-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinyos-tools
Uninstall tinyos-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinyos-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyos-tools
Remove tinyos-tools Configurations and Data
To remove tinyos-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinyos-tools
Remove tinyos-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinyos-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyos-tools
Dependencies
tinyos-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyos-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
