How To Install irda-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install irda-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is irda-utils
irda-utils is:
This package contains userspace utilities to manage and handle infrared devices. It includes irattach, findchip, irdadump, irdaping and irpsion5. OBEX tools are removed since 0.9.5. If you need to use IrOBEX, use openobex-apps package.
There are three methods to install irda-utils 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 irda-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install irda-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install irda-utils
Install irda-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install irda-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install irda-utils
Install irda-utils 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 irda-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install irda-utils
How To Uninstall irda-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the irda-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove irda-utils
Uninstall irda-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall irda-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove irda-utils
Remove irda-utils Configurations and Data
To remove irda-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge irda-utils
Remove irda-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove irda-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irda-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install irda-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
