How To Install libosmogsm10 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmogsm10
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libosmogsm10
libosmogsm10 is:
This is part of the libosmocore “meta”-library. The libosmocore library contains various utility functions that were originally developed as part of the OpenBSC project, but which are of a more generic nature and thus useful to (at least) other programs that are developed in the sphere of Free Software / Open Source mobile communication.
The libosmogsm library in particular is a collection of common code used in various GSM related sub-projects inside the Osmocom family of projects. It includes A5/1 and A5/2 ciphers, COMP128v1, a LAPDm implementation, a GSM TLV parser, SMS utility routines as well as protocol definitions for a series of protocols.
There are three methods to install libosmogsm10
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 libosmogsm10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmogsm10
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosmogsm10
Install libosmogsm10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosmogsm10
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosmogsm10
Install libosmogsm10 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 libosmogsm10
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosmogsm10
How To Uninstall libosmogsm10 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libosmogsm10
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosmogsm10
Uninstall libosmogsm10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosmogsm10
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmogsm10
Remove libosmogsm10 Configurations and Data
To remove libosmogsm10
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosmogsm10
Remove libosmogsm10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosmogsm10
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmogsm10
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmogsm10
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.