How To Install kannel on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kannel
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kannel
kannel 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.
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There are three methods to install kannel
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kannel
Install kannel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kannel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kannel
Install kannel 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kannel
How To Uninstall kannel on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kannel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kannel
Uninstall kannel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kannel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kannel
Remove kannel Configurations and Data
To remove kannel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kannel
Remove kannel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kannel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kannel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kannel
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.