How To Install grabserial on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grabserial on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grabserial
grabserial is:
grabserial is a small program which reads a serial port and writes the data tostandard output. The main purpose of this tool is to collect messages written to the serial console from a target board running Linux, and save the message on a host machine.
There are three methods to install grabserial on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grabserial Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grabserial using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grabserial
Install grabserial Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grabserial using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grabserial
Install grabserial 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 grabserial using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grabserial
How To Uninstall grabserial on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grabserial package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grabserial
Uninstall grabserial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grabserial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grabserial
Remove grabserial Configurations and Data
To remove grabserial configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grabserial
Remove grabserial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grabserial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grabserial
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grabserial package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.