How To Install anyremote on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install anyremote on Debian 9.
What is anyremote
anyremote is:
With anyRemote, arbitrary desktop applications can be remote-controlled via many modern mobile phones that support Bluetooth, IrDA or WiFi communication using a J2ME client, AT modem commands, a web interface or IR remote controllers.
anyRemote supports wide range of modern cell phones like Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola and others.
There are three methods to install anyremote on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install anyremote Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install anyremote using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install anyremote
Install anyremote Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install anyremote using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install anyremote
Install anyremote 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 anyremote using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install anyremote
How To Uninstall anyremote on Debian 9
To uninstall only the anyremote package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove anyremote
Uninstall anyremote And Its Dependencies
To uninstall anyremote and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove anyremote
Remove anyremote Configurations and Data
To remove anyremote configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge anyremote
Remove anyremote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove anyremote configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anyremote
Dependencies
anyremote have the following dependencies:
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libbluetooth3
- libc6
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libx11-6
- libxtst6
- anyremote-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install anyremote package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.