How To Install avr-evtd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-evtd
on Debian 11.
What is avr-evtd
avr-evtd is:
avr-evtd is a simple and small user space interface to the Linkstation AVR micro-controller. It doesn’t have a lot of special features, but it’s main task is to provide ‘keep-alive’ messages to the Linkstation’s on-board AVR device.
This device controls/monitors the fan, various LEDs, timed power up and two buttons. This daemon provides the necessary initialisation to the device and also stimulates the LEDs depending on various fault conditions. It also monitors a power button (located at the front) and a reset button (located at the rear).
There are three methods to install avr-evtd
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install avr-evtd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install avr-evtd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install avr-evtd
Install avr-evtd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install avr-evtd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install avr-evtd
Install avr-evtd 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 avr-evtd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install avr-evtd
How To Uninstall avr-evtd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the avr-evtd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove avr-evtd
Uninstall avr-evtd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall avr-evtd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove avr-evtd
Remove avr-evtd Configurations and Data
To remove avr-evtd
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge avr-evtd
Remove avr-evtd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove avr-evtd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avr-evtd
Dependencies
avr-evtd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-evtd
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.