How To Install comgt on Debian 10

Learn how to install comgt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. comgt is Option GlobeTrotter and Vodafone datacard control tool

Introduction

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

What is comgt

comgt is:

Comgt is a scripting language interpreter useful for establishing communications on serial lines and through PCMCIA modems as well as GPRS and 3G datacards. Works with Option GlobeTrotter GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA and Vodafone 3G/GPRS datacards.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install comgt

Install comgt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install comgt

Install comgt 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 comgt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install comgt

How To Uninstall comgt on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove comgt

Uninstall comgt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove comgt

Remove comgt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge comgt

Remove comgt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comgt

Dependencies

comgt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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