How To Install dns323-firmware-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dns323-firmware-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dns323-firmware-tools
dns323-firmware-tools is:
This package contains programs for manipulating the firmware images used by a range of small consumer-grade NAS devices, such as the D-Link DNS-323.
These firmware images are what are used to “bundle” the kernel, initrd, and other data when uploading new firmware images using the “stock” interface. If you are already running a custom firmware, it is likely that these tools will be of no use to you, and you will need to use whatever update mechanism is provided by your firmware.
There are three methods to install dns323-firmware-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dns323-firmware-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dns323-firmware-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dns323-firmware-tools
Install dns323-firmware-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dns323-firmware-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dns323-firmware-tools
Install dns323-firmware-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dns323-firmware-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dns323-firmware-tools
How To Uninstall dns323-firmware-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dns323-firmware-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dns323-firmware-tools
Uninstall dns323-firmware-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dns323-firmware-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dns323-firmware-tools
Remove dns323-firmware-tools Configurations and Data
To remove dns323-firmware-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dns323-firmware-tools
Remove dns323-firmware-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dns323-firmware-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dns323-firmware-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dns323-firmware-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.