How To Install icom on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icom on Debian 9.
What is icom
icom is:
This program allows you to control many types of ICOM radio (transceivers and receivers) from the serial port on your computer. You need a CI-V interface circuit to connect the radio to the computer (to convert between RS-232 and TTL), which can be easily found on the web.
There are three methods to install icom 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 icom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icom
Install icom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icom
Install icom 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 icom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icom
How To Uninstall icom on Debian 9
To uninstall only the icom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icom
Uninstall icom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icom
Remove icom Configurations and Data
To remove icom configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icom
Remove icom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icom
Dependencies
icom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icom package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.