How To Install dxtool on Debian 10

Learn how to install dxtool on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dxtool is DistoX data download utility

Introduction

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

What is dxtool

dxtool is:

dxtool is a minimal implementation of the DistoX protocol which will download measurements from the device over a bluetooth serial (SPP) connection.

The DistoX is a cave survey instrument designed by Beat Heeb.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dxtool

Install dxtool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dxtool

Install dxtool 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 dxtool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dxtool

How To Uninstall dxtool on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove dxtool

Uninstall dxtool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dxtool

Remove dxtool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dxtool

Remove dxtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dxtool

Dependencies

dxtool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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