How To Install cmst on Debian 10

Learn how to install cmst on Debian 10 with this tutorial. cmst is QT GUI for Connman with system tray icon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmst on Debian 10.

What is cmst

cmst is:

Graphical user interface to control the connman daemon. The connman daemon must be started as you normally would, this program just interfaces with that daemon. You can see what technologies and services connman has found, and for wifi services an agent is registered to assist in obtaining the information from you necessary to logon to the wifi service.

There are three methods to install cmst 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 cmst Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cmst

Install cmst Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cmst using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cmst

Install cmst 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 cmst using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cmst

How To Uninstall cmst on Debian 10

To uninstall only the cmst package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cmst

Uninstall cmst And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmst

Remove cmst Configurations and Data

To remove cmst configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cmst

Remove cmst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmst

Dependencies

cmst have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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