How To Install asic0x-dkms on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install asic0x-dkms on Debian 9. asic0x-dkms is iBurst USB modem driver in DKMS format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asic0x-dkms on Debian 9.

What is asic0x-dkms

asic0x-dkms is:

This package builds the iBurst USB modem driver using DKMS.

This driver provides support for Kyocera iBurst / ArrayComm User Terminal USB (UTU) and User Terminal Desktop (UTD) modems connected via USB.

This driver creates an interface named “ethX”, where X depends on what other networking devices you have in use.

There are three methods to install asic0x-dkms 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 asic0x-dkms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install asic0x-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install asic0x-dkms

Install asic0x-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install asic0x-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install asic0x-dkms

Install asic0x-dkms 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 asic0x-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install asic0x-dkms

How To Uninstall asic0x-dkms on Debian 9

To uninstall only the asic0x-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove asic0x-dkms

Uninstall asic0x-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall asic0x-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove asic0x-dkms

Remove asic0x-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove asic0x-dkms configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge asic0x-dkms

Remove asic0x-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove asic0x-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asic0x-dkms

Dependencies

asic0x-dkms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asic0x-dkms package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.