How To Install gscanbus on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gscanbus
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gscanbus
gscanbus is:
gscanbus is a little bus scanning, testing and topology visualizing tool for the Linux IEEE1394 subsystem, with some AV/C support, especially for controlling Camcorders and VCRs. It is intended as a debugging tool for IEEE1394 development, but can also be used to simply check your IEEE1394 setup on Linux.
There are three methods to install gscanbus
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gscanbus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gscanbus
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gscanbus
Install gscanbus Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gscanbus
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gscanbus
Install gscanbus 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 gscanbus
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gscanbus
How To Uninstall gscanbus on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gscanbus
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gscanbus
Uninstall gscanbus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gscanbus
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gscanbus
Remove gscanbus Configurations and Data
To remove gscanbus
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gscanbus
Remove gscanbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gscanbus
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gscanbus
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gscanbus
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.