How To Install galileo-daemon on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install galileo-daemon on Debian 9.

What is galileo-daemon

galileo-daemon is:

Galileo is a Python utility to securely synchronize a Fitbit device with the Fitbit web service. It allows you to browse your data on their website, and compatible applications. The main features of Galileo are: Synchronize your fitbit tracker with the fitbit server using the provided dongle; Securely communicate (using HTTPS) with the fitbit server; Save all your dumps locally for possible later analyse. Galileo supports the following trackers:

• Fitbit One
• Fitbit Zip
• Fitbit Flex
• Fitbit Force
• Fitbit Charge
• Fitbit Charge HR

This package installs galileo as a systemd daemon.

There are three methods to install galileo-daemon 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 galileo-daemon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install galileo-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install galileo-daemon

Install galileo-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install galileo-daemon

Install galileo-daemon 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 galileo-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install galileo-daemon

How To Uninstall galileo-daemon on Debian 9

To uninstall only the galileo-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove galileo-daemon

Uninstall galileo-daemon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall galileo-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove galileo-daemon

Remove galileo-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove galileo-daemon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge galileo-daemon

Remove galileo-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge galileo-daemon

Dependencies

galileo-daemon have the following dependencies:

• galileo
• adduser
• init-system-helpers
• sysuser-helper

References

• galileo-daemon website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install galileo-daemon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.