How To Install mgetty-pvftools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-pvftools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mgetty-pvftools
mgetty-pvftools is:
This package contains different utilities from the vgetty package which permit to create, listen and manipulate rmd or pvf files. These files are the recorded “message files” for using a voice modem as an answering machine.
You will want to install this package to create your greeting messages.
There are three methods to install mgetty-pvftools 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 mgetty-pvftools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgetty-pvftools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgetty-pvftools
Install mgetty-pvftools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgetty-pvftools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgetty-pvftools
Install mgetty-pvftools 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 mgetty-pvftools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgetty-pvftools
How To Uninstall mgetty-pvftools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mgetty-pvftools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgetty-pvftools
Uninstall mgetty-pvftools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgetty-pvftools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgetty-pvftools
Remove mgetty-pvftools Configurations and Data
To remove mgetty-pvftools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgetty-pvftools
Remove mgetty-pvftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgetty-pvftools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgetty-pvftools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-pvftools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
