How To Install lirc-compat-remotes on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-compat-remotes
on Debian 9.
What is lirc-compat-remotes
lirc-compat-remotes is:
LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
This package contains the remote definitions which were part of lirc up to 0.9.0. From 0.9.4, these lives at http://sf.net/p/lirc-remotes, although this is a superset and partly updated.
There are three methods to install lirc-compat-remotes
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 lirc-compat-remotes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lirc-compat-remotes
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lirc-compat-remotes
Install lirc-compat-remotes Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lirc-compat-remotes
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lirc-compat-remotes
Install lirc-compat-remotes 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 lirc-compat-remotes
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lirc-compat-remotes
How To Uninstall lirc-compat-remotes on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lirc-compat-remotes
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lirc-compat-remotes
Uninstall lirc-compat-remotes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lirc-compat-remotes
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lirc-compat-remotes
Remove lirc-compat-remotes Configurations and Data
To remove lirc-compat-remotes
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lirc-compat-remotes
Remove lirc-compat-remotes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lirc-compat-remotes
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lirc-compat-remotes
Dependencies
lirc-compat-remotes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-compat-remotes
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.