How To Install kannel-extras on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kannel-extras
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kannel-extras
kannel-extras is:
Kannel is a gateway for connecting WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) phones to the Internet. It also works as an SMS/SMPP gateway, for providing SMS based services for GSM phones.
Test utilities and contrib data.
There are three methods to install kannel-extras
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 kannel-extras Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kannel-extras
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kannel-extras
Install kannel-extras Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kannel-extras
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kannel-extras
Install kannel-extras 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 kannel-extras
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kannel-extras
How To Uninstall kannel-extras on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kannel-extras
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kannel-extras
Uninstall kannel-extras And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kannel-extras
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kannel-extras
Remove kannel-extras Configurations and Data
To remove kannel-extras
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kannel-extras
Remove kannel-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kannel-extras
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kannel-extras
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kannel-extras
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.