How To Install bluez on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez on Debian 9.
What is bluez
bluez is:
This package contains tools and system daemons for using Bluetooth devices.
BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
There are three methods to install bluez 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 bluez Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluez
Install bluez Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluez
Install bluez 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 bluez using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluez
How To Uninstall bluez on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bluez package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluez
Uninstall bluez And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluez and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez
Remove bluez Configurations and Data
To remove bluez configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluez
Remove bluez configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluez configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez
Dependencies
bluez have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.