How To Install wiringpi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiringpi
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is wiringpi
wiringpi is:
A command line utility for querying and controlling the GPIO pins from the shell.
There are three methods to install wiringpi
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wiringpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wiringpi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wiringpi
Install wiringpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wiringpi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wiringpi
Install wiringpi 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 wiringpi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wiringpi
How To Uninstall wiringpi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the wiringpi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wiringpi
Uninstall wiringpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wiringpi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wiringpi
Remove wiringpi Configurations and Data
To remove wiringpi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wiringpi
Remove wiringpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wiringpi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wiringpi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiringpi
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.