How To Install gnokii-common on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii-common on Debian 11. gnokii-common is Datasuite for mobile phone management (base files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii-common on Debian 11.

What is gnokii-common

gnokii-common is:

Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as well as many Symbian based. For a list of compatible phones, please visit: http://wiki.gnokii.org

This package contains the base files for gnokii

There are three methods to install gnokii-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnokii-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnokii-common

Install gnokii-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnokii-common

Install gnokii-common 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 gnokii-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnokii-common

How To Uninstall gnokii-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the gnokii-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnokii-common

Uninstall gnokii-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnokii-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnokii-common

Remove gnokii-common Configurations and Data

To remove gnokii-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnokii-common

Remove gnokii-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnokii-common

Dependencies

gnokii-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.