How To Install connman on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install connman on Debian 10.
What is connman
connman is:
The Linux Connection Manager project provides a daemon for managing Internet connections within embedded devices running the Linux operating system. The Connection Manager is designed to be slim and to use as few resources as possible. It is fully modular system that can be extended through plug-ins. The plug-in approach allows for easy adaption and modification for various use cases.
ConnMan provies IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity via:
- ethernet
- WiFi, using wpasupplicant
- Cellular, using oFono
- Bluetooth, using bluez
ConnMan implements DNS resolving and caching, DHCP clients for both IPv4 and IPv6, link-local IPv4 address handling and tethering (IP connection sharing) to clients via USB, ethernet, WiFi, cellular and Bluetooth.
This package contains the connman daemon and its plugins.
There are three methods to install connman 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 connman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install connman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install connman
Install connman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install connman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install connman
Install connman 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 connman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install connman
How To Uninstall connman on Debian 10
To uninstall only the connman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove connman
Uninstall connman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall connman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove connman
Remove connman Configurations and Data
To remove connman configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge connman
Remove connman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove connman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge connman
Dependencies
connman have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install connman package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.