How To Install gmtkbabel on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmtkbabel on Debian 10.
What is gmtkbabel
gmtkbabel is:
gmtkbabel consists of a set of shell scripts which use zenity to provide a graphical user interface to mtkbabel. Mtkbabel is a command-line tool to operate GPS-unit with MTK (Mediatek) chipsets.
There are three methods to install gmtkbabel 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 gmtkbabel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gmtkbabel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gmtkbabel
Install gmtkbabel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gmtkbabel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gmtkbabel
Install gmtkbabel 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 gmtkbabel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gmtkbabel
How To Uninstall gmtkbabel on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gmtkbabel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gmtkbabel
Uninstall gmtkbabel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gmtkbabel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmtkbabel
Remove gmtkbabel Configurations and Data
To remove gmtkbabel configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gmtkbabel
Remove gmtkbabel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gmtkbabel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmtkbabel
Dependencies
gmtkbabel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gmtkbabel package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
