How To Install gnokii-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii-common on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.