How To Install bluemon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluemon on Debian 9.
What is bluemon
bluemon is:
BlueMon monitors the quality of the link to a Bluetooth device and can start or stop programs when the threshold drops below a certain value. This can be used to perform actions like locking the terminal when you walk away from it.
Bluemon uses the DBus system bus to alert other applications to the presence of Bluetooth devices. A user binary can then start or stop programs when such signals are received.
There are three methods to install bluemon 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 bluemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluemon
Install bluemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluemon
Install bluemon 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 bluemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluemon
How To Uninstall bluemon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bluemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluemon
Uninstall bluemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluemon
Remove bluemon Configurations and Data
To remove bluemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluemon
Remove bluemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluemon
Dependencies
bluemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluemon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.