How To Install minimodem on Debian 10

Learn how to install minimodem on Debian 10 with this tutorial. minimodem is general-purpose software audio FSK modem

Introduction

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

What is minimodem

minimodem is:

Minimodem is a command-line program which decodes (or generates) audio modem tones at any specified baud rate, using various framing protocols. It acts a general-purpose software FSK modem, and includes support for various standard FSK protocols such as Bell103, Bell202, RTTY, TTY/TDD, NOAA SAME, and Caller-ID.

Minimodem can play and capture audio modem tones in real-time via the system audio device, or in batched mode via audio files.

Minimodem can be used to transfer data between nearby computers using an audio cable (or just via sound waves), or between remote computers using radio, telephone, or another audio communications medium.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minimodem

Install minimodem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install minimodem

Install minimodem 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 minimodem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minimodem

How To Uninstall minimodem on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove minimodem

Uninstall minimodem And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minimodem

Remove minimodem Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge minimodem

Remove minimodem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minimodem

Dependencies

minimodem have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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