How To Install bluez-obexd on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-obexd on Debian 12.

What is bluez-obexd

bluez-obexd is:

This package contains a OBEX(OBject EXchange) daemon.

OBEX is communication protocol to facilitate the exchange of the binary object between the devices.

This was the software that is independent as obexd, but this has been integrated into BlueZ from BlueZ 5.0.

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-obexd on Debian 12. 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-obexd 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-obexd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bluez-obexd

Install bluez-obexd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bluez-obexd

Install bluez-obexd 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-obexd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bluez-obexd

How To Uninstall bluez-obexd on Debian 12

To uninstall only the bluez-obexd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bluez-obexd

Uninstall bluez-obexd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bluez-obexd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-obexd

Remove bluez-obexd Configurations and Data

To remove bluez-obexd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-obexd

Remove bluez-obexd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-obexd

Dependencies

bluez-obexd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdbus-1-3
• libglib2.0-0
• libical3
• init-system-helpers

References

• bluez-obexd website
• bluez-obexd on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-obexd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.