How To Install ax25-apps on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25-apps on Debian 10.
What is ax25-apps
ax25-apps is:
This package provides specific user applications for hamradio that use AX.25 Net/ROM or ROSE network protocols:
- axcall: a general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE connection program.
- axlisten: a network monitor of all AX.25 traffic heard by the system.
- ax25ipd: an RFC1226 compliant daemon which provides encapsulation of AX.25 traffic over IP.
- ax25mond: retransmits data received from sockets into an AX.25 monitor socket.
There are three methods to install ax25-apps 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 ax25-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25-apps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ax25-apps
Install ax25-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25-apps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ax25-apps
Install ax25-apps 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 ax25-apps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ax25-apps
How To Uninstall ax25-apps on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ax25-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ax25-apps
Uninstall ax25-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ax25-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ax25-apps
Remove ax25-apps Configurations and Data
To remove ax25-apps configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ax25-apps
Remove ax25-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ax25-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ax25-apps
Dependencies
ax25-apps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25-apps package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.