How To Install gnuais on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuais on Debian 9.
What is gnuais
gnuais is:
A tool for demodulating and decoding Automatic Identification System messages using the line input of the sound card. AIS messages are transmitted by marine vessels and contain their position, velocity and other interesting information. The messages may be saved to a mysql-database, forwarded as NMEA packets or uploaded to an AIS web service.
There are three methods to install gnuais 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 gnuais Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuais using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnuais
Install gnuais Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuais using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnuais
Install gnuais 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 gnuais using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnuais
How To Uninstall gnuais on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnuais package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnuais
Uninstall gnuais And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnuais and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuais
Remove gnuais Configurations and Data
To remove gnuais configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnuais
Remove gnuais configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnuais configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuais
Dependencies
gnuais have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuais package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.